No easy fix to collisions between trains, people seeking to end lives

In a dark twist for a shiny new attempt at mass transit, the Brightline train service has drawn attention to a fraught and little-discussed public-health problem: People who end their lives by getting in front of a fast-moving train.

Experts say there’s no easy fix — and they caution that the very act of debating and trying to prevent the practice might bring the unintended effect of increasing the numbers of people using trains to deliberately end their lives.

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