ROCKLEDGE, Fla. – A grieving family shared photographs of the 83-year-old police said died while driving into the path of a Brightline train last week.

The family of Eleanora Mitchell told Rockledge Community Correspondent James Sparvero the senior was on her way to Planet Fitness to work out, as she routinely did, when for unknown reasons, she drove through the railroad crossing arm at US-1 and Eyster Boulevard.

Surveillance from the Central Florida UroGynecology office at the intersection recorded the deadly collision .

[BELOW: Video shows Rockledge driver going through crossing arm before fiery Brightline crash]

Mitchell’s family, along with her close friend, Dorothy Shaw, said the 83-year-old was very mentally and physically fit for her age.

“She was more active than I am,” S

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