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FT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami/AP) – Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue divers pulled the body of a man from a canal after he was struck by a Brightline train on New Year’s Day.
READ MORE: Flags To Fly At Half-Staff Wednesday To Honor COVID-19 VictimsIt happened just north of Cypress Creek Road on a bridge that traverses the Cypress Creek Canal.
READ MORE: Miami-Dade's First Federal Vaccination Site Is Now Open Using Newly Approved Johnson & Johnson VaccineDivers found the body in the water on Tuesday afternoon.
It’s the 11th fatality since the Brightline began its test runs in mid-2017. The high-speed trains travel between Miami and West Palm Beach with a stop in Fort Lauderdale.
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