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Car-Train Crashes

South Carolina train crossing crash kills grandmother : Railroad Lawyer

May 21, 2011
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A car and train railroad crossing accident near Columbia, SC took the life of an 82 year-old grandmother. The train crash and her death came as a shock to the driver of the car, her 20 year-old grandson. She was passenger in his car, which became stuck on the railroad tracks after he swerved to […]

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Idaho car v. train crossing accident kills man

May 16, 2011
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Boise, ID — A 77 year-old man died after his car was hit by an oncoming BNSF train in a railroad crossing accident near Bonners Ferry in Northern Idaho. The car and train crash occurred at a private crossing near the city’s municipal golf course. It is being investigated by the Idaho State Police and […]

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3 Louisiana train crashes within 24 hours kill 2, injure 7

April 24, 2011
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Louisiana — Three separate train crashes within 24 hours left 2 people dead and seven inured in Louisiana on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

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CA railroad crossing death was accident waiting to happen. Lawsuit?

April 18, 2011
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Palo Alto, CA — An Indiana woman died in a car train crash during rush hour at a railroad crossing in California on April 15. Local residents say it was a deadly accident waiting happen. The woman’s death followed dozens of near misses between cars and Caltrain at the Palo Alto crossing. Volunteer "Track Watch" […]

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Car-train crash kills man near Springfield, IL

April 15, 2011
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Springfield, IL — A 68 year-old man was killed in a railroad crossing accident when the car he was driving was hit by a Union Pacific train on Monday afternoon at about 4:30 P.M.. The man was crossing the railroad tracks at Hambuch Road in Auburn, South of Springfield, IL. After the initial impact, the […]

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Railroad injury lawyer appeals trial court ruling on crossing lawsuit

April 12, 2011
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Omaha, NE — A Nebraska woman rendered a paraplegic in a 2005 car and train railroad crossing accident has asked the Nebraska Supreme Court to overturn the dismissal of her case and order the trial court to consider whether the train sounded its warning horn before entering the rural crossing. The victim of of the […]

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Texas man killed by train after driving around crossing gate

February 21, 2011
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San Antonio, TX — A railroad crossing accident claimed the life of a 25 year-old man in San Antonio, TX early Saturday morning. The man is reported to have driven around a crossing gate before being hit by an oncoming Amtrak passenger train. He was pronounced dead at the scene. None of the train passengers […]

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Kansas car/train crash victims identified

February 19, 2011
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Butler County, KS — Kansas investigators have identified the bodies of two people killed in a car/train railroad crossing accident in Butler County earlier this year.  The crossing where 32 year-old woman and her 15 month-old son were struck by a train was not marked with warning signs, gates or lights. The BNSF train that […]

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