Fort Lauderdale, FL – A pedestrian\u2019s death in a train collision disrupted traffic and prompted a police investigation Friday morning.<\/p>\n
The collision occurred shortly before 10 a.m. October 2 near the Andrews Avenue and Flagler Drive crossing, according to Fort Lauderdale police. Authorities identified the train as belonging to Florida East Coast Railway.<\/p>\n
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Police had not released the person\u2019s identity in the initial reports, and details about what happened before the collision were not immediately available.<\/p>\n
The freight train stopped on the tracks during the investigation, preventing vehicles from using several crossings. Police reported complete closures at Flagler Drive and Andrews Avenue, Sunrise Boulevard and Northeast 13th Street.<\/p>\n
An initial police traffic advisory directed motorists to Broward Boulevard to the south or Oakland Park Boulevard to the north as alternative routes around the blocked crossings.<\/p>\n
Local 10\u2019s helicopter flew over the area around 10:26 a.m. Its footage showed police officers, crime scene tape and a lengthy freight train stopped across multiple streets. A body covered with a yellow tarp was visible near the tracks, the station reported.<\/p>\n
The closures changed as the response progressed. A subsequent Miami Herald report said the train had begun moving and railroad crossings north of Flagler Drive at Andrews Avenue had reopened.<\/p>\n
That update indicated the Flagler Drive crossing at Andrews Avenue remained closed at the time of publication. The initial closures and later reopening information reflect different stages of the police response.<\/p>\n
Authorities continued investigating the fatal collision. The supplied NBC 6 report identified no suspect, arrest or criminal charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale, FL – A pedestrian\u2019s death in a train collision disrupted traffic and prompted a police investigation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[165790,2774,80166,23150,249,251,250,6562,3864,46253,165791],"class_list":["post-419757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-andrews-avenue","tag-collision","tag-fec","tag-flagler-drive","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-pedestrian","tag-roads","tag-train","tag-train-collision"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419757","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=419757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}