The body of a young man was discovered at the Norfolk Southern train tracks of 23rd Street and Granby Street. The victim was Stacy Pryear of Newport News, Virginia (VA). He was only 26 years old. Police are investigating his death and have not officially stated that Pryear was hit and killed by a train….
A terrible train accident occurred in Oakland, California (CA). An Amtrak service train slammed into a stationary train and resulted in 18 people suffering injuries. Passengers and crew suffered injuries including a broken arm and one person was taken to hospital, according to the Daily Mail. Reports indicate that the Amtrak train went through a…
A man’s body was found shortly after 3 am pn October 14, 2011, at the railroad tracks at 23rd and Granby streets in Norfolk, Virginia (VA). Investigators are treating the case as an undetermined death and believe the victim was hit and killed by a Norfolk Southern train. Our thoughts go out to the victim’s family and loved ones. Losing someone you love…
A Hampton Roads Transit Bus hit an HRT employee at the bus garage on 18th Street during the night of October 8, 2011, in Norfolk, Virginia (VA). The bus was in the process of getting cleaned and prepared for the next day’s routes. According to wvec.com, the employee suffered serious injuries and had to be taken to…
In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk, VA Car & Truck Accident Injury Lawyers blog site, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports on a workplace accident that sent a Hampton Roads Transit employee to the hospital with unspecified injures. Rick notes that mass transit safety concerns do not end when buses or light rail trains…