A crash involving a van carrying Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad workers and a BNSF freight train in Kelso, Washington (WA), on March 23, 2011, left three of the rail employees dead and a fourth man in the vehicle with severe injuries. As noted in the KATU-TV news report below, the fatal accident occurred in…
In his latest post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports on a Union Pacific rail car derailment that caused the death of man in a vehicle stopped at a grade crossing in Arkansas (AR). Rick also notes that while determining the cause of the fatal accident could take months,…
Recently, a 16-year-old student at a KIPP school in Gaston, North Carolina died without warning while playing basketball. The teen died at Halifax Regional Medical Center in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina (NC). The boy was transported to Halifax Regional after suffering a “medical emergency” on the basketball court. According to David Kizziah, senior pastor at…
A motorcyclist was injured Saturday afternoon when his bike collided with a truck on Reilly Road in Fayetteville, police said. Police said the motorcyclist was going about 70 mph down Reilly Road when he crashed into a truck turning left into a business near Bridgeman Road. View Larger Map The motorcyclist was flown to…
An accident at a railroad crossing in Alabama (AL) that left two people in a pickup truck in a critical condition, has again highlighted the inherent dangers of railroad crossings. The accident occurred on Tuesday on Bayou Avenue and Highway 43 in Satsuma, Alabama (AL). Fox 43 reported how the truck was hit by a…