Person struck and killed by train in Pompano Beach
A train killed one person near 12th Avenue in Pompano Beach, renewing attention on the city’s long rail-fatality record and the safety measures in place.
A person was struck and killed by a train Sunday night in Pompano Beach, and the Broward Sheriff’s Office said the scene was closed at 12th Avenue. The fatal collision added another death to a corridor that Broward investigators and transit officials have been watching for years.
The city has seen repeated rail tragedies. In a Nov. 4, 2025, case, a Brightline train struck and killed Brian Baker, 63, in Pompano Beach, and Broward Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Gerdy St. Louis said Baker was pronounced dead at the scene. Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide and crime scene detectives handled that investigation.
A Miami Herald and WLRN investigation found Brightline was the deadliest passenger railroad in the United States, with 186 deaths since 2017. The tally said 160 of those deaths occurred in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, and that Pompano Beach had been the site of 16 Brightline fatalities, most of them pedestrians. The same tally said 23 people had died after being struck by Brightline trains so far in 2025.
Pompano Beach’s rail safety history also stretches back more than a decade. On Sept. 30, 2012, NBC 6 South Florida reported that a 31-year-old man was struck and killed by a train in Pompano Beach on a Saturday night. Broward Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Dani Moschella addressed train danger in the station’s video coverage.
The rail corridor through Pompano Beach is already part of Broward’s broader quiet-zone system. Federal quiet-zone rules allow trains to pass through designated stretches without routinely sounding horns, although conductors can still use them when needed. The minimum warning devices in those zones include flashing lights and gates, and the federal quiet-zone review issued in 2023 covered Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Wilton Manors, Dania Beach, Hollywood and Hallandale Beach.
Broward’s rail-safety work has also included supplemental measures at crossings. The Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization lists quiet-zone supplemental safety measure locations in Pompano Beach and other Broward rail cities, part of a countywide effort to reduce crashes at grade crossings where trains and people still cross paths.
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