One dead in train accident in Boca Raton late Friday evening

Gruesome discovery near the Brightline train station in Boca Raton.

FROM: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) – One person is dead after a gruesome incident involving a train Friday evening. Sources familiar with the situation tell BocaNewsNow.com that the dismembered remains of a body have been found 10:30 p.m. were found on and off the tracks near Camino Real and Dixie Highway in Boca Raton. The location is near the Brightline train station for Boca Raton. The victim's identity is unknown. The call for help was apparently made by a Brightline conductor. A northbound Brightline train is scheduled to arrive at the Boca Raton station at 10:36 a.m. each night.

The Boca Raton Fire Department was dispatched to the area at 10:35 p.m. Ten units were sent to the scene, but BocaNewsNow.com has learned that only a few were ultimately needed. There was no one to save. Arriving firefighters – all too common in South Florida – walked across the tracks and found body parts. Brightline service was suspended for a while as police launched an initial investigation. It is not known whether the victim was male or female.

The problem of train deaths is so severe in South Florida that Brightline, Florida East Coast Rail, TriRail and Amtrak all participated in a “Rail Safety Week” last week. In Palm Beach County alone, PBSO deputies made “contact” with 55 people in what police described as a “railroad incident.” Eleven people were arrested for trespassing on the Brightline and FEC/TriRail tracks.

Brightline is considered the deadliest rail system in the United States based on the number of pedestrians and drivers killed by trains each year. Brightline service in Boca Raton will operate normally starting at 6 a.m. Saturday.