A man was injured Sunday after being hit by a Brightline train in downtown Fort Lauderdale, police said.
The pedestrian was struck by the high-speed passenger train about 1 p.m. in the 200 block of Southwest Sixth Street, said Ali Adamson, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.
Police are not releasing the man’s name.
He was taken to Broward Health Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening, said Battalion Chief Garrett Pingol, a Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesman.
The road has been cleared and the flow of traffic has returned to normal, Adamson said.
The accident remains under investigation.
It was unknown how fast the train was traveling.
Brightline’s trains travel up to 79 mph in urban areas, 110 mph in less-populated regions and 125 mph through rural areas.
Brightline has taken steps to enhance safety, including adding closed-circuit cameras near tracks, installing better crossing gates and pedestrian barriers, and posting signs with information on how to contact the suicide prevention hotline.
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