{"id":278252,"date":"2026-05-20T16:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278252\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:15:23","slug":"1-dead-after-tri-rail-train-collides-with-suv-in-oakland-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278252\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead after Tri-Rail train collides with SUV in Oakland Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0May 20, 2026 at 10:40 AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">OAKLAND PARK, Fla.  \u2014 A man was killed Wednesday morning after a Tri-Rail train collided with an SUV in Oakland Park, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/20\/una-persona-muere-luego-de-que-tren-tri-rail-chocara-contra-suv-en-oakland-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/20\/una-persona-muere-luego-de-que-tren-tri-rail-chocara-contra-suv-en-oakland-park\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Oakland Park Fire Rescue officials said the train struck the SUV and pushed it approximately 200 to 300 yards down the tracks. The driver of the SUV, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials with the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority told Local 10 News that the southbound Tri-Rail train with no passengers onboard was heading to a maintenance yard when it struck the SUV at Oakland Park Boulevard around 10:20 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials said a bus bridge has been set up to transport passengers between the Cypress Creek and Fort Lauderdale stations, and train service delays are expected for the next several hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sky 10 flew over the tracks near Oakland Park Boulevard around 10:25 a.m. as first responders surveyed the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities confirmed that Oakland Park Boulevard is closed in both directions just west of Interstate 95.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They urged drivers to seek alternate routes to avoid delays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said traffic homicide unit detectives with the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office were notified and are investigating the circumstances surrounding this crash.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ryan Mackey\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/8725e99c-e445-48a0-bd.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Ryan Mackey <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida, since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0May 20, 2026 at 10:40 AM OAKLAND PARK, Fla. \u2014 A man was killed Wednesday morning after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-278252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}