In a new post to our Eastern Shore Virginia Attorneys personal injury blog site, lawyers with Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp& Duffan report on two school bus crashes in Northampton County, Virginia, that sent a total of 10 elementary and high school students to the hospital with minor injuries. Following the wrecks in Nassawadox and near…
Two tractor-trailers collided with separate trains outside the central California (CA) town of Hanford on the afternoon of Oct. 1, 2012. The more serious of the crashes sent 42 Amtrak employees and passengers to hospitals with non-life-threatening personal injuries, included bruises and broken bones. The truck driver reportedly caused that accident by failing to stop…
In a new post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyer blog, attorneys with Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp& Duffan report on a fatal coal train collision and derailment just west of Baltimore. To read more, click over to “CSX Train Accident in Ellicott City, MD Kills 2 on Tracks.” EJL
What Happened: A man was hit by a Norfolk Southern train in Boomer, West Virginia (WV). The victim reportedly suffered serious “injuries to his lower extremities,”according to wvgazette.com. He was transported to Charleston Area Medical Center via Health-Net. Police do not yet know, as of the date of this posting, why the victim was on the…
A 17-year-old teenager was hit and killed by a CSX freight train in May 2008 as he stood on a railroad trestle over Black Creek in Clay County, Florida (FL). The teenager was with two of his friends and they were enjoying some fishing when the train barreled down the tracks. The two other teenagers…