Delray Beach firefighter David Wyatt, who was driving a city aerial ladder fire truck when it was struck by a Brightline passenger train downtown on Dec. 28, was fired by the city Thursday following an investigation. Wyatt had been on paid administr
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Railroad gate upgrade could cost more than $1 million — Upgrading three Delray Beach railroad crossings in the wake of the Dec. 28 Brightline train collision with a city fire truck will cost up to $1,050,000, City Manager Terrence Moore informed comm
The Brightline passenger train suffered significant damage in the Dec. 28 collision with a Delray Beach aerial ladder fire truck that was crossing the tracks downtown despite lowered crossing arms. At top is the escape hatch the train's engineer used
Police body camera video from the scene of a June 2023 crash involving firefighter David Wyatt in downtown Delray Beach. Wyatt was also the driver of a city aerial ladder fire truck Dec. 28 that was hit by a Brightline train. Police video provided b
A mangled and split Delray Beach fire truck lies along downtown railroad tracks after being struck near Atlantic Avenue by a Brightline train on Dec. 28. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By John Pacenti
In a dramatic collision that made national headline
A Delray Beach Fire Rescue ladder truck sits demolished along the Florida East Coast Railway tracks downtown after being struck by a Brightline passenger train on Saturday morning. Three firefighters and a dozen train passengers were taken to the ho
