Tuesday, August 25, 2015

1 dead after Amtrak train crashes into vehicle in Dover, Florida





Aerial footage of the crash involving a car and an Amtrak train on Aug. 24. Steve Gaskins, FHP



(Photo: WTSP, Sky 10)

10 News Staff, WTSP 6:15 p.m. EDT August 24, 2015
Dover, Florida -- 


Hillsborough County Fire Rescue and the Florida Highway Patrol are on the scene of a fatal accident involving a train and a vehicle in Dover area.

FHP says one person was killed in a 4-door passenger car at the tracks off E Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. near Jordan Road. There were 135 passengers on the train at the time of the accident. No one on the train was injured.

Amtrak train schedules show the Silver Star train is #92, and was heading into Tampa from Miami. It was scheduled to arrive at 5 p.m. No word on yet on when it is expected to get to the station.