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Train hits tractor-trailer at Texas railroad crossing

October 21, 2014
Texas Railroad Crossing Lawyer

A tractor-trailer was struck by a Union Pacific freight train on Friday, October 17 in New Braunfels, Texas. Reports indicate that the truck driver was attempting to beat the southbound train through the railroad crossing. The train stuck the semi-trailer on the passenger side, knocking its trailer off the tracks and into a drainage channel. […]

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Texas railroad crossing to be shut down after crashes

September 16, 2014
Texas Train Injury Lawyer

City leaders are taking action to shut down a San Antonio, Texas railroad crossing after several accidents occurred in the past few months. A dip in the road after the tracks causes large vehicles like limousines and semi-trucks to get stuck. In May, 20 teens in a limousine got stuck at the crossing located on […]

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Lawsuit against Amtrak filed in MO boy’s death on train tracks

July 7, 2014
Pedestrian Train Death Lawyer

On Friday June 27, 2014, a Kirkwood Missouri family filed a lawsuit against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation d/b/a Amtrak in St. Louis County claiming damages for the wrongful death of their 14 year-old son who was fatally injured after being struck by a train within the City Limits of Kirkwood in May of 2012. The […]

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Two truck v. train crashes in TN within 24 hours, one death

April 14, 2014
Tennessee Train Accident Lawyer

In Chattanooga, Tennessee, two truck versus train accidents occurred within 24 hours. The first accident was on the evening of Wednesday, April 2, 2014, when a train hit and killed an 80 year old man driving his pickup truck. The second occurred four miles north on Thursday morning between an 18 wheeler and a train. […]

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Train derailments cause oil spills, lawsuits hold railroads liable

February 24, 2014
Train Derailment Crash Lawyer

Railways transport approximately 1 million barrels of crude oil each day in the U.S.. This number is expected to increase to 4.5 million barrels a day in the next ten years. Since 2008, there have been 10 derailments that have spilled at least 3 million gallons of crude oil and resulted in fires and explosions. […]

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Truck driver dies in Illinois railroad crossing crash

January 29, 2014
Illinois Train Crash Attorney

A delivery truck driver was killed on Friday afternoon after a collision with a Canadian National Railway train on the north side of Freeburg, Illinois. The driver, Donald Stahl, 33 was from Smithton. The driver was headed eastbound on Lanter Lane when he was stuck by a southbound freight train. Freeburg Police Chief Stanley Donald […]

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Teen on bicycle dies in California railroad crossing crash

January 22, 2014
California Train Crossing Lawyer

On Friday morning, January 7, 2014, a 14 year-old girl was struck and killed by a VTA light-rail train in San Jose, California. The accident occurred at about 7:30 AM as the teenager, Danika Garcia, was riding her bicycle on her way to school. Witnesses at the scene of the crash stated that one of […]

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Man in truck hit by train at Missouri railroad crossing

October 5, 2013
Missouri (MO) Train Accident Attorney

A Missouri man was struck at a train crossing in Winfield, MO when he tried to drive his truck across the track. Reports indicate that the crossing located at East Main Street in Elsberry, MO does not have a safety arm to prevent drivers from crossing the tracks. However, the bells and lights at the […]

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Chicago train crash injures dozens of passengers

October 2, 2013
Chicago Train Crash

A Monday morning train crash left approximately four dozen injured in the Chicago suburb of Forest Park, IL. An empty train rolled away from the repair yard where it had been waiting to be moved for maintenance since September 23. Traveling at approximately 20 MPH, the empty train collided with a commuter train at the […]

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Union Pacific train had signal to stop before Missouri crash

June 10, 2013
MO Train Crash Lawyer

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is continuing its investigation into the May 25, 2013 collision between a Union Pacific train and a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train in Chaffee, Missouri (MO). The crash caused several rail cars to derail and careen into the supports of highway overpass that subsequently collapsed. The preliminary NTSB […]

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Missouri railroad crash causes train derailment and collapsed bridge

May 28, 2013
MO Train Crash Lawyer

In Missouri, a Union Pacific (UP) train collided with a Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNSF) train at about 2:30 A.M. Saturday over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The crash caused several cars to derail and careen into the support pillars of the Highway M overpass in Scott County, MO. No one was seriously injured in […]

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