Amtrak train collides with semitrailer. Ten injured.

by admin on February 3, 2012

A Chicago-bound Amtrak train crashed into a semitrailer stuck on a railroad crossing in Leoni Township. The railroad crossing accident occurred when the truck driver, David Zimmer, was stuck trying to shift between drive and reverse in the middle of the crossing. Fortunately, there were no fatalities. Ten people, including Zimmer, were treated for minor injuries. Amtrak service was restored 14 hours after the crash, which is being investigated.

There are many ways of looking at railroad crossing accidents and determining fault. Lawyer Brian Madden at Wagstaff & Cartmell specializes in these cases. Contact Attorney Madden if you or a family member has been in a railroad crossing accident.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Man killed at railroad crossing. Crossing arms were coming down.

by admin on January 31, 2012

Delmer Bright, 83, was crossing the train tracks in his Chevy Blazer on Cumberland Avenue in Hazard, Kentucky when an empty CSX train engine hit his vehicle. Tonya Liford witnessed the railroad crossing accident. She said she saw everything and noted the crossing arms started coming down as Bright was driving through the railroad crossing.

Eyewitness testimony in railroad crossing accidents can be pivotal with juries. If you or a loved one has been involved in a railroad crossing accident, contact Lawyer Brian Madden at Wagstaff & Cartmell.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Amtrak train strikes vehicle, kills two, in Kenner, Louisiana

January 25, 2012

An Amtrak train struck a vehicle at a railroad crossing just outside western Kenner. The railroad crossing accident killed the vehicle’s two occupants. The crossing is located at the intersection of the Kenner-St Charles line and the CN Railroad. The crossing does not have crossing arms. It’s a private road that’s usually used by levee [...]

Read the full article →

UTA hopes to curb excessive TRAX accidents

January 25, 2012

UTA says there are too many railroad crossing accidents and is making an effort to raise public awareness of the possible dangers at UTA TRAX stations in Salt Lake City. There have been 12 accidents in the last 12 months. UTA encourages pedestrians to look both ways, step back and be alert when crossing. If [...]

Read the full article →

Railroad companies push to relax safety rules at railroad crossings

January 20, 2012

Four years after a deadly railroad crossing accident in California resulted in the Rail Safety Improvement Act, railroad companies are fighting to relax the Act’s provisions. One aspect of the law requires railroads to install Positive Train Control, or PTC, that automatically applies the brakes on trains about to collide or derail.  The National Transportation [...]

Read the full article →

Fatal railroad crossing accident claims life of retired mailman

December 31, 2011

Michael “Bogie” Levgard, 64, of Palatine, Illinois was killed when his 1999 Mercury Sable was struck by a passing Metra train at the Palatine station. After the railroad crossing accident, railroad officials told police the crossing was operating correctly and the gates were down preventing cars from crossing the tracks. However, Jill Gilman Foelker, a [...]

Read the full article →

Hopewell, Virginia railroad crossing concerns drivers and residents

December 30, 2011

A railroad crossing accident that occurred on Elm Street, between 15th Street and Arlington in Hopewell has alarmed drivers and residents to the intersection’s dangers. The crossing does not have flashing lights or crossing arms. Although the road isn’t well traveled, those who do travel through the crossing daily are concerned. Said one truck driver, [...]

Read the full article →

Railroad crossing in Vinings Village causes safety concerns

December 24, 2011

Due to a power loss, the CSX railroad crossing at Paces Ferry Road in Vinings Village, Georgia went into safe mode. This meant the crossing guard would lower into place for two hours. During this time, a traffic jam resulted and some left their cars to lift the crossing guard so others could pass through. [...]

Read the full article →

Evergreen, Alabama railroad crossing is the state’s deadliest

December 24, 2011

WSFA 12 News conducted an analysis on the crossing on Belleville Street in Evergreen and determined it is the deadliest railroad crossing in Alabama. From 2005 to 2010, there were six railroad crossing accidents. Since October 2010, there have been four more accidents and three more fatalities for a total of five in six years. [...]

Read the full article →

Railroad crossing in Missouri blamed for punctured tires

December 13, 2011

At a railroad crossing just north of Jasper, Missouri, drivers are reporting flat tires after passing over the tracks and hitting a single spike sticking up. Jasper County Eastern District Commissioner Jim Honey said there has been multiple railroad crossing accidents at this crossing, including one fatality. He went on to say the Missouri & [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries