Four members of Delray Beach Fire Rescue, including top brass, have been placed on administrative leave following the crash between a fire truck and a Brightline train last Saturday.

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.

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

Delray Beach Fire Chief Ronald Martin said in a Facebook post Friday evening that four employees are being placed on administrative leave with pay.

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

CBS News Miami's Joan Murray is in Delray Beach where the fire chief acknowledged the crash involving a fire truck and a Brightline train is a "sobering reminder emergency responders must always balance the urgency in their work with caution.

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

At least three firefighters were hospitalized and a dozen people were injured after a Brightline train collided with a fire engine in Delray Beach on Saturday morning, officials said. The crash happened just before 10:50 a.