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00:00I'm your Brevard County Community Correspondent James Sparvero.
00:13The deadly impact when police say an 83-year-old drove through a railroad crossing arm
00:19and was killed in the path of a Brightline train as her car exploded.
00:24This tragic collision happened Friday in Rockledge here at US-1 and Eister Boulevard.
00:32And a doctor's office here at the intersection just gave me this video of the collision.
00:37Police told me the 83-year-old driver was Eleonora Mitchell from Rockledge.
00:42But police also told me officers will never know what she was thinking driving through the crossing.
00:48It's sad. I don't know why she, you know, would try to do that.
00:52I don't know why she was in such a hurry.
00:55In January 2024, police said two drivers caused fatal wrecks driving around crossing arms
01:01at the same crossing in Melbourne.
01:05Back then, Brightline just started its Orlando to South Florida route a few months earlier.
01:09And so I asked Mayor Paul Alfre about how to stop drivers from doing this again.
01:15Even if these are not Brightline's fault, is this a moment where you think something needs to change?
01:20Well, yeah, I've spoken to Brightline officials, and we're going to do a public safety campaign.
01:24That included the safety markers down the middle of Jackson Street in Melbourne.
01:30The Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization just gave me this updated list of crossings in the county
01:36expected to be improved in the next couple of years.
01:40Find a way to make it safer for people.
01:43And I understand the person's older.
01:46That's not always an excuse.
01:47But there's got to be a better way to warn people.
01:50And I've asked Brightline about how the driver was able to drive through the crossing arm.
01:55You could see in the video how the arm went right over her car when she hit it.
01:59We'll add any new information to clickorlando.com.
02:04In Rockledge, Brevard County, I'm your community correspondent, James Sparvero.
02:08News 6.
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