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A Tri-Rail train was knocked off its tracks after it collided with a tractor trailer in Pompano Beach Friday afternoon.
The train sustaining heavy damage to its front car in the crash which happened at about 4:10 p.m. at the a Atlantic Boulevard crossing, Tri-Rail spokeswoman said.
Pompano Beach Fire Rescue responded after getting a call a minute later, a Pompano Beach city spokeswoman said in an email.
Two teen boys died Friday night when an SUV hit them as they pushed a broken car down a rural road, according to Apopka Police.
The deceased have been identified as Axel Padro and Cameron Gabriel Gonzalez. Both were 18 years old.
Police told reporters a third teen also was pushing the car, but jumped out of the way before the crash. A fourth teen, behind the wheel of the car, also was not hurt.
"The crash is still under investigation and no charges have been filed at this time," Apopka Police said.
A 71-year-old Palm Coast man died in a fiery crash Thursday morning after suffering an apparent medical episode, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
State troopers said Henry Cornish was heading westbound on Central Avenue at Brookhaven Way about 10:50 p.m. after leaving a medical appointment.
Troopers said he traveled onto the south shoulder of Central Avenue and into a woodline. They said his car's undercarriage struck a tree stump and the car caught fire.
Cornish died at the scene.
A mother, later identified as Kerri Chavez, 32, and her two young children and a semi driver were injured Thursday in a crash at Northlake and Hall boulevards in The Acreage. The sheriff's office said a tractor-trailer was traveling west on Northlake Boulevard when a sport-utility vehicle, which was traveling north on Hall Boulevard, ran the stop sign at the intersection. Firefighters had to extricate the occupants from the vehicles using heavy extrication tools, said Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. The mother and two children in the SUV were taken to St.
A car slammed into two Plantation businesses Wednesday, causing major damage.
Just before 6 p.m., a woman driving a BMW was trying to park to visit the urgent care in the Plantation Town Square Mall when someone cut her off. What transpired was an accident that could have happened to anyone, Plantation Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Joel Gordon said.
"When she attempted to stop, she appeared to have hit the gas instead of the brake. And it appears that the carpeting got stuck under or on top of the gas pedal. And the car revved and basically jumped the curb,” he said.
Two men were flown to an area hospital in critical condition tonight after they were injured during a crash between a motorcycle and a bicycle in Palm Springs, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said.
The crash occurred at about 7 p.m. near 10th Avenue North and Rudolph Road, just east of South Congress Avenue.
Paramedics found both injured men lying in the roadway, said a spokesman for Fire Rescue.
Both men were flown by Trauma Hawk to Delray Medical Center.
A 37-year-old Jacksonville woman was hit by a pickup truck and killed Tuesday morning in Nassau County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
State troopers said the truck was heading eastbound on U.S. Highway 90 at Log Road, near the Duval-Nassau county line and just west of Baldwin, about 5:40 a.m. when Elizabeth Chessman was in the road and hit.
Troopers said the driver, 25-year-old Kristian Bennett of Macclenny, was unable to avoid Chessman, possibly due to low-light conditions and because Chessman was wearing dark clothing.