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The Sheriff's Office reports that woman was apparently drunk and upset about a recent breakup when she was lying next to a train track. Two conductors found the woman, pulled her from under the train and used a belt to make a tourniquet for her arm. The woman is hospitalized in critical condition.

James Bare III, 37, killed, after he is struck by a train near Belleview in Marion County.

Date:

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Area:

Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL

A Belleview man, who was walking on railroad tracks as a train barreled toward him, was killed Monday morning, Marion County deputies say.

The deadly crash happened about 11 a.m. as 37-year-old James Bare III was walking south in the middle of the track as a train was moving northbound.

The train conductor told deputies he saw Bare walking on the tracks and sounded the horn several times to try to get the man's attention and warn him to get off the tracks.

Samuel Brinson, 13, seriously injured, airlifted to hospital, after he crashes his motorcycle into a fence on SE. 121st Place near Belleview.

Date:

Monday, April 7, 2014

Area:

Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL

A 13-year-old boy was critically injured Tuesday when he crashed a motorcycle into a fence in Marion County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

FHP officials say Samuel Brinson was not wearing a helmet when he veered off the road at SE 121st Place and SE 82nd Terrace around 10 p.m.

According to the FHP, an witness said Brinson was driving above the speed limit when the crash happened.

Brinson was airlifted to Shands Hospital at the University of Florida.