New higher-speed Florida train has highest U.S. death rate

Broward Sheriff's Deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue work the scene of a fatal accident on North Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach, Fla., on Aug 25, 2019. MIAMI -- MIAMI -- After Richard Branson announced his Virgin Group would partner with Brightline, Florida's new higher-speed passenger rail service, a train whisked the British billionaire, VIPs and journalists from Miami to West Palm Beach in just over an hour and then back, with no problems.

Brightline President Patrick Goddard said while the deaths are not the company's fault, he and his colleagues need to get the number under control.He said each death devastates Brightline's crew members and interrupts operations, sometimes for hours.The company is working with suicide prevention groups and will experiment with infrared motion detectors and drones to patrol tracks.

Brightline, which is rebranding as Virgin Trains USA in partnership with Branson, runs about 17 trains each way daily between Miami and West Palm Beach -- 67 miles -- and plans to expand another 170 miles to Orlando by 2022. On that new segment, trains will reach speeds of 125 mph when they travel through less densely populated farmland. That same year it plans to open a line connecting Southern California and Las Vegas, with top speeds of 150 mph .

Local police reports are much more gruesome, particularly in their descriptions of what happens to a person hit by a train. The engineer and conductor, having seen the terror or despair on the victim's face, are often grief-stricken, detectives report. Several Brightline engineers and conductors have witnessed numerous deaths, some within weeks of each other.

Why Brightline has so many deaths is unclear; other area railroads haven't had nearly as many. The railroad shares tracks with Florida East Coast, a freight line that had one death for every 160,000 miles during the past two years, compared to Brightline's one death per 29,000 miles .

Mostly suicides though.

More good trains with guns will stop these killer trains. NRA

Higher speeds kill ppl. Not really surprising is it.

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