UPDATE: BRIGHTLINE HITS, KILLS PEDESTRIAN.
UPDATE at 10:11 a.m. — Delray Beach Police tell BocaNewsNow.com that one person was killed in the incident and that the intersection has reopened. “At 7:20 a.m., Delray Beach police responded to a report of a collision involving a Brightline train a pedestrian at Lindell Boulevard and Old Dixie Highway in Delray Beach. The pedestrian was pronounced deceased at the scene. There were no injuries on the train. Lindell Boulevard and Old Dixie Highway were shut down for about two hours.”
Delray Beach Fire Rescue and Delray PD rushed to the scene around 6:50 this morning. As of 7:50, the area remains closed and under investigation. We are awaiting details on what exactly happened, but police are calling it a “crash.”
We have no immediate reports of injuries or deaths. We know that ambulances called to the scene were released a short time later…