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Higher-speed train safety on agenda of Florida officials

A Brightline passenger train passes by Nov. 27, 2019 in Oakland Park, Fla. South Florida's higher-speed railroad, other train lines and local officials met with federal safety officials Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 to begin working out plans that they hope will decrease the number of fatal strikes between locomotives, cars and pedestrians. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) FILE - In this Aug 25, 2019 file photo, Broward Sheriff's Deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue work the scene of a fatal accident on North Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach, Fla. South Florida's higher-speed railroad, other train lines and local officials met with federal safety officials Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 to begin working out plans that they hope will decrease the number of fatal strikes between locomotives, cars and pedestrians. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)