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Indiana man files lawsuit for railroad crossing death of wife and son

May 2, 2013
Indiana Train Crash Attorney

A wrongful death lawsuit claims that several factors caused or contributed to a deadly railroad crossing accident in Montpelier, Indiana. A pregnant woman and her infant son were hit and killed by a Norfolk Southern Railway train on September 3, 2011. The lawsuit, filed in Blackford County, Indiana by lawyers for the woman’s husband, alleges […]

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Pedestrian death at Pacific, MO railroad crossing ruled accident

March 19, 2013
Amtrak Train Crossing Accident

A pedestrian recently was struck and killed by Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner 316 train in Pacific, Missouri. The death scene, near the Fourth Street crossing of the Union Pacific railroad tracks, has been the site of three deaths since 2005; a fourth accident at the same site was nonfatal.  On March 6, 2013, at approximately 8:45 P.M., […]

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Railroad crossing gates to be put at site of deaths in CT

February 26, 2013
Train Crossing Attorney/Lawyer

Two more people were killed, two seriously injured and hospitalized, at the same railroad crossing that has been the site of previous train collisions in Redding, Connecticut (CT). Tragically, protective gates have yet to be been installed. The intersection on Long Ridge Road was described to reporters by by Dottie DeLuca, an area business owner, […]

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Railroad crossing accident in Raleigh, NC causes woman’s death

February 11, 2013
Amtrak Train Crossing Accident

A recent railroad crossing accident in Raleigh, NC resulted in the death of a woman from Fuquay-Varina, NC.  Lynette Renee Fowler, 42, was driving a 1999 Chevrolet SUV when she was struck by an Amtrak train near downtown Raleigh. She was thrown from her truck on impact  and pronounced dead at the scene. There were […]

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Train hits parade float at Texas crossing, 4 dead and 17 injured

November 20, 2012
Texas Train Crash Midland, TX

A Union Pacific freight train struck a parade float carrying wounded veterans and their families on Thursday, November 15, killing four people and injuring 17 others. The decorated flatbed truck was trying to get through a railroad crossing in the West Texas town of Midland, on its way to an honorary banquet. According to witnesses […]

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Dozens injured in California truck-train crossing accident

October 20, 2012
California Amtrak Train Accident

About 39 passengers were injured earlier this month when a semi tractor-trailer truck collided with an Amtrak train near Hanford, California. The truck, carrying cotton trash, failed to yield and was struck by the passenger train around noon Monday, October 1, 2012. Of the 169 passengers aboard the train, 19 had minor injuries and 11 […]

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Chicago Metra train derailment lawsuit settled for $1.8 million

October 2, 2012
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A Chicago woman and the railroad Metra have settled her personal injury lawsuit against the rail line for $1.8 million. Kathryn Kuk, age 54, was riding on a commuter train in Chicago’s South Side when it derailed on October 12, 2003. Her multiple injuries from the crash have necessitated two lower-back surgeries, according to her […]

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Boy, 14, hit and killed by train near St. Louis in Kirkwood, MO

May 31, 2012
Missouri (MO) Train Accident Attorney

A 14-year-old boy was hit and killed by an Amtrak passenger train near Kirkwood, MO, late Wednesday. Cameron Vennard was walking across the railroad tracks toward the downtown area of the St. Louis suburb when the train came around a bend, heading west to Kansas City. The accident happened in a wooded area, not near […]

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Sons file lawsuit for death of mother in IL car-train crash

March 30, 2012
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A wrongful death lawsuit claims that crossing gates and warning lights were not working properly at a railroad crossing where a mother of three from Granite City was hit and killed by an Amtrak train on February 28, 2012. The lawsuit, filed in Madison County, Illinois on behalf of the the woman’s three sons, claims […]

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Illinois Metra car-train crash death ruled an accident

January 4, 2012
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A car-train crash that killed a retired postal worker on the Union Pacific Northwest line in Palatine, IL was ruled an accident by police investigators. The collision was caught on video by a security camera. The tape revealed that the railroad crossing warning signals were working at the time of the crash and that the […]

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Train hits RV at Indiana railroad crossing, man injured

December 17, 2011
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A 71-year-old Indiana man was critically injured when his motor home was hit by a train at at a railroad crossing near Indianapolis at approximately 6:30 P.M. on Tuesday evening. The RV was stopped on the railroad tracks when the train crashed into the driver’s side of the vehicle. There were no passengers in the […]

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