A chaotic chain reaction erupted in Fort Lauderdale early Saturday morning when a train barreled into a mass of cars stopped on the tracks in a popular area for late-night drinking and music, sending people running, debris flying and panicked drivers veering toward a nearby bar.
Police say a woman was struck by a car in the panic and sent to the hospital for treatment.
Officers responded around 3:30 a.m. to the 200 block of Southwest Second Street, where three cars had stopped on the tracks. The train struck one vehicle. Two others crashed into each other as drivers attempted to move out of the way, according to police…