A MONORAIL TRAIN AT DISNEY WORLD IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, drove into the rear of a stopped train ahead of it, killing the operator of the striking train at 2 am Sunday morning.
CNN
The Reedy Creek Fire Department responded on the call and had to extricate the driver from the wreckage. The FD said that he had been pronounced dead on the scene.
The accident occurred at the Ticket and Transportation station which is where park guests travel from the parking lots into the Magic Kingdom. Both trains were returning visitors to the parking lot following the park’s closing for the night. There were about “5 or 6″ passengers on the train, but none of them sustained any injuries according to park officials. The driver of the other train was taken to the hospital as a precaution, but he does not appear to be injured.
There is no indication yet of what caused the accident to happen. “We mourn the loss of our fellow cast member,” Mike Griffin, Disney World’s vice president of public affairs, said in a statement. “Our hearts go out to his family and those who have lost a friend and coworker.” Griffin also said the monorail is closed at this time. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.
According to tv channel 13, this is the first fatal accident in the Walt Disney World monorail system’s almost 38-year history.
A detailed early report is provided by Central Florida News channel 13 HERE.
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