Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} The same Florida East Coast Railway train struck and killed two people in two accidents just over 10-hours apart on last Friday, authorities confirmed.
Early Friday, authorities say a man stepped in front of Train 210 in Fort Lauderdale.
Later in the day, another person stepped in front of the same train in St. Augustine.
According to a report in the Orlando Sentinel, the first incident happened at around 4 a.m. when a man in Fort Lauderdale died after he stepped in front of the train.
At around 2:30 p.m. the same day, as the train continued on its way to Atlanta, another individual stepped in front of it as it was traveling about 58 miles per hour. The second accident shut down the railway for about two hours.
Remarkably, it appears that a similar set of incidents happened almost 23 years ago to the day in Florida.
The Orlando Sentinel reported that on March 8, 1989, that one train killed two people in two separate incidents in a single day.
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In that case, persons died in Lake Mary and Tampa.
In that case, the same crew was aboard the train but in Friday’s accidents there were different crews aboard train 210.
