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Eight injured when Tri-Rail train hits vehicle and derails

By Trains Staff | August 29, 2022

| Last updated on February 19, 2024


Injuries described as minor after commuter train hits car abandoned on tracks

TriRail_logoFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Six passengers required hospitalization and two others were treated at the scene after a Tri-Rail commuter train struck an abandoned vehicle and derailed during the Friday morning commute.

All of the injuries were described as minor.

WSVN-TV reports 63 people were on board the northbound train when the collision occurred about 6 a.m., derailing the train’s cab car and causing track damage. One track of the double-track main line was reopened at slow speed about 8:30 a.m.

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