Victim arrested dozens of times on misdemeanor charges like drinking in public
Carl Labreck, 49, struck and killed by train, is shown here in a 2012 Volusia County branch jail mug shot. He had been arrested dozen of times over past several years on misdemeanor charges like drinking in public. DAYTONA BEACH -- A man killed by a train on the tracks of the Florida East Coast Railway on Monday night at the crossing near International Speedway Boulevard has been identified as 49-year-old Carl Labreck, authorities confirmed.
His body was found 75 feet from where he was struck just before 8:30 p.m. A train dispatcher called the crash in to authorities.
Investigators with the FEC and local police are trying to figure out he was standing on the tracks in the first place. The city had an epidemic of suicides by train a decade ago where several men stood in the path of oncoming trains, even with lights and sirens by the conuctors.
The investigation into this victim's death is ongoing, pending autopsy findings, including toxicology reports to see if the man had been under the influence of alcohol or drugs.