WPTV learned on Friday that Assistant Chief Kevin Green, Division Chief Todd Lynch, Captain Brian Fiorey and Driver Engineer David Wyatt with Delray Fire Rescue have been placed on leave.

Four Delray Beach Fire Rescue employees, including top brass, have been placed on administrative leave with pay after a Brightline train smashed into a fire truck last Saturday. Assistant Chief Kevin Green,

Delray Beach Fire Chief Ronald Martin announced Friday on Facebook that four employees will remain on leave with pay, pending the result of an internal investigation. According to Martin, this process is standard city policy.

Brightline is responding after 15 people were injured when one of its trains crashed into a fire engine in Delray Beach on Saturday morning.

The high-speed rail operator posted a video on social media showing the moments leading up to the direct-impact crash.

A Brightline train struck a firetruck in Delray Beach, hospitalizing 3 firefighters, according to local officials.

A Brightline train was stopped on the tracks, its front completely destroyed about a block away from a twisted fire truck that lay on its side.

Four firefighters from Delray Beach Fire Rescue were placed on administrative leave following a crash with a Brightline train.=

As of Monday, three Delray Beach firefighters remained in stable condition at a hospital. From the Brightline Safety and Security Team: Railroad safety is a community wide effort. For everyone’s safety, never drive around crossing gates when they are down. pic.twitter.com/6TSeHHOuyq

Four members of the Delray Beach Fire Rescue Department have been placed on administrative leave while an investigation is conducted into the Dec. 28, 2024, incident that saw one of the department’s ladder trucks hit by a Brightline train.

The crossing gates were lowered and the fire truck was straddling the tracks when the high-speed train approached, a video of the collision shows.