Horrifying moment high speed train struck Florida fire truck whose driver ignored barriers

Horrifying footage has shown the moment a Brightline train collided with a fire truck over the weekend, cutting the vehicle in half. Scroll down for video: Footage shows the moment a Brightline train collided with a fire truck in Florida Saturday, cleaving the vehicle into two It happened at a railroad crossing in West Palm Beach around 10:45am Saturday, and left 12 passengers with minor injuries From the Brightline Safety and Security Team: Railroad safety is a community wide effort. The Delray Beach Fire Rescue truck, meanwhile, was thrust dozens of feet away - its ladder completely ripped off and left in grass at the scene Emmanuel Amaral, a local, told NBC 6 how he rushed to the scene after hearing the crash and screeching train brakes from several blocks away Zach Thrasher, an Orlando resident who was actually aboard the train, further told CBS 12 of what he and his family experienced in the back cart of the affected train Zach Thrasher, an Orlando resident who was actually aboard the train, further told CBS 12 of what he and other riders experienced: 'We felt a hard brake and then an immediate violent impact. He is seen here attending the Sun Valley Conference in 2015, two years before Brightline went live in Florida The company itself is worth close to $1billion, and is in the midst of a project promised to provide Americans with a high-speed bullet train meant to traverse the notorious Nevada desert, from LA to Las Vegas, in just two hours The project secured some $3billion in federal funding from the Biden Administration this time last year, before Brightline became the subject of two separate federal investigations surrounding two fatal crashes in January of this year He went on to offer his theory for what caused the crash - after confirming that the crossing arms had been down where the fire truck attempted to cross. Other probes from the agency include two called at the start of the year - which collectively saw three people killed at the same railroad crossing in Melbourne in a matter of days The crashes happened on a Wednesday and Friday in January, with the first claiming the life of 62-year-old Charles Julian Phillips, who was killed when his car was hit by the then oncoming train Three passengers in that vehicle were injured, according to Melbourne police - Mayor Paul Alfrey told reporters at the scene that the SUV tried to outrun the train.