National Transportation Safety Board officials said Saturday they are investigating two crashes involving Florida’s high-speed Brighline train that killed three people and injured three others earlier this week. Both crashes happened at the same railroad crossing in Melbourne, a city on Florida’s Atlantic Coast about 70 miles southeast of Orlando. The first incident occurred on […]
The National Transportation Safety Board said it would send a team to Melbourne to investigate a pair of fatal crashes involving Brightline trains that happened at the same crossing within three days. The NTSB said on social media it would work with Melbourne police on a safety investigation. The crashes occurred on WH Jackson Street […]
Man dies, 3 others injured after Brightline train strikes SUV in Melbourne A man died and three other people were injured Wednesday afternoon when a Brightline train struck an SUV that was on railroad tracks, the Melbourne Police Department said. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Police said the crash happened at about 2 p.m. […]
A Brightline passenger train collided with a sport utility vehicle in Melbourne on Wednesday, injuring four people. It was the third crash to involve the privately owned passenger train — which moves through Brevard at about 80 mph at least 30 times a day without any stops— in three months. All of the incidents took […]
Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. A future Brightline rail connection between Orlando and Tampa has some leaders looking at West Palm Beach for parallels. Multiple politicians, members of Visit Tampa Bay, the Ybor Chamber and others from that region rode […]
MELBOURNE — A pedestrian was killed Sunday night in Melbourne in a collision with a Brightline train, the second such incident in the city in three months. The deadly Christmas Eve collision happened about 7 p.m. Sunday along the railroad tracks that cut across Aurora Road, near the same location where a 60-year-old woman was […]
MARTIN COUNTY — A milestone for Brightline, a major step for Costco and a David vs. Goliath lawsuit played major roles in shaping Martin County news in 2023. These stories, and many others, were among the biggest of the year that shaped the lives of Martin County residents. Here are some of the top local stories that […]
Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. Brightline’s Orlando-to-Miami route grew its ridership again in November. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The Miami-based intercity rail saw ridership of 93,184 in November on the new route, up from the prior month’s ridership of […]