JUPITER, Fla. — Multiple people were killed when a northbound Amtrak passenger train and a vehicle collided in Jupiter on Saturday afternoon, according to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue.
The crash happened at 2 p.m. near the 18000 block of Beeline Highway at the entrance to the Corbett Area.
Firefighters at the scene say the heavily damaged vehicle was pushed about a half-mile north. There were no injuries to any 200 passengers or crew inside the train, Christina E. Leeds, senior director of public relations for Amtrak, told WPTV.
The tracks remain closed to train traffic at this time and the scene has been turned over to law enforcement.
Amtrak's Silver Star 92, which was traveling from Miami to New York, was scheduled to stop in the West Palm Beach train station at 1:27 p.m. and Okeechobee at 2:26 p.m.
Two northbound trains pass through the area daily with the next train scheduled for Sunday morning. Leeds didn't know whether the the northbound trains will be affected.
The southbound Silver Meteor Train 97, which departed New York on Friday, has been delayed north of West Palm Beach due to a vehicle strike, Amtrak posted on Twitter. Another southbound train is scheduled for later in the day.
Two people have been killed by Amtrak trains in South Florida on the same 92 route since June.
On June 27, a pedestrian was killed in the railroad tracks by the northbound Amtrak 92 train in Deerfield Beach.
On Oct. 30, a bicyclist was struck and killed by an Amtrak train as it approached the Southwest 18th Street crossing in Boca Raton.
No Tri-Rail service was affected because those trains don't go up to Jupiter.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
BREAKING: multiple fatalities reported in an @Amtrak passenger train vs vehicle accident along the 18000 block of Beeline Hwy at the entrance to the Corbett Area. Happened around 2pm. No injuries to train passengers. @WPTV pic.twitter.com/gXTTQZqDhf
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