These gates aim to prevent accidents, like the destruction of a fire truck responding to an emergency in Delray Beach, Florida. With the grossing gates lowered on both sides, the fire truck weaves past them and stops on the tracks just in time for a Brightline passenger train to collide with it at full speed.

Around 10:45 a.m., a Brightline train and a Delray Beach Fire Rescue ladder truck collided near East Atlantic Avenue and Railroad Avenue, according to city spokeswoman Gina Carter. Debris from the crash scattered across the tracks and nearby roadways.

The Delray Beach fire department said on Tuesday that it was "fully cooperating" with an ongoing investigation after a Brightline train slammed into a fire truck on Dec. 28 in Palm Beach County, Florida.