America's deadliest train that kills someone every two weeks

Daily Mail UK ^ | July 15, 2025 | Lauren Acton-Taylor

[Morgana]

Florida's beloved Brightline has been dubbed America's deadliest train after it was revealed to have revealed killed someone on average every 13 days.

In total, a staggering 182 people have died and 99 were injured on the tracks since 2018, leading to furious finger-pointing and calls for further safety measures around the notoriously deadly rail line.

Another 101 collisions into vehicles mercifully ended without causalities, according to an investigation by the Miami Herald and WLRN.

The high-speed trainlines first victim, 18-year-old Maddie Brunelle, died eight years ago after being struck by a Brightline train. Her mother, Amy Brunelle, continues to fret over the tracks that line Florida.

'What scares me is how much open track there is,' Brunelle told the Herald. 'And how close it is to public areas.'

Her daughter, who was bipolar and in a manic state, had walked out of a treatment facility and headed toward the tracks.

Still, the area of track where the teenager had died remains unfenced.

Brightline's dangerous reputation has spurred controversy for years, and as the first few deaths occurred in 2018 the company faced backlash for 'victim blaming.'

In Brightline's first week of service, 51-year-old Jeffrey King had been struck and killed on a bicycle in Boynton Beach, making him the fourth death at the hands of the train line at the time.

US Rep. Brian Mast called the company out for it's public comments that people such as King had not payed attention to the safety warnings at crossings.

'Stop victim blaming and take responsibility for the fact that your trains are killing people,' Mast tweeted at the time. 'Trains should stop running until massive safety flaws are resolved.'

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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: brightline; florida; floridaman; floridawoman; train; trains

[Does so]

I was getting my car repaired in Palm Beach County, when the shop owner asked if I could stick around to meet a guy who kills an average person every month.

Left at that, I left promptly...!

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[1Old Pro]

they all looked to me like stupidity on the part of the impatient vehicle operators.

That's probably most.

[Ezekiel]

The trick is not to get killed. That's really the key to the benefit program.

[SunkenCiv]

That’s usually the, uh, hitch.