Train kills pedestrian in Broward

It’s third confirmed death in last week on South Florida tracks.

POMPANO BEACH — A pedestrian in Broward County was struck and killed by a train Tuesday morning, authorities said, making him the third confirmed death on South Florida railroad tracks in the past week.

Tuesday’s incident hap- pened shortly after 10:30 a.m. on the CSX tracks at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, near North Andrews Avenue and Hammondville Road, about 5 miles south of Boca Raton.

The victim was a man believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s, Pompano Beach Fire Rescue spokes- woman Sandra King said.

Witnesses told investigators the man tried to dodge the train. The train did not stop, and it is believed that its conductor was not aware that someone had been hit.

The Broward County Sher- iff ’s Office is investigating the death, which came three days after a man was struck and killed in Lake Worth near the Florida East Coast Railway tracks, the Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Office said.

Authorities said that Sean Deruise Jr. was driving west on Washington Avenue early Saturday when he drove around train gates near Dixie Highway that were in the down position with lights flashing. Deruise at one point lived in West Palm Beach, sheriff ’s records show.

On June 20, a 29-year-old pedestrian from Boca Raton was killed by a Brightline train in what police said was a suicide.

Six people in Palm Beach County have been struck and killed by Brightline trains since the beginning of the year when service began between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. The line, which uses the FEC tracks, now offers service to Miami.