Around 5 pm on Father’s Day 2010, a subway tunnel and train in downtown Chicago, Illinois (IL) filled with smoke. Nineteen passengers, including a 10-year-old boy, needed hospital treatment for mild to severe smoke inhalation and other injuries. Fortunately, no one was killed. Preliminary investigations show that one or more railroad ties on the Red…
A Petersburg, Virginia (VA) man was killed Tuesday afternoon after his motorcycle hit a Petersburg Public school bus, according to NBC 12 in Richmond. Ron Brown, 38, died from injuries he received in the collision at the intersection of Dupuy Road and Pleasants Lane at approximately 2:33 p.m. Tuesday, the report said. None of the…
Bus drivers have a responsibility to get their passengers to and from their destinations safely. But with the advent of cell phones, Blackberry’s and other gizmos, some bus drivers have become distracted while operating their mass transit vehicle. This distraction puts passenger’s lives in danger and increases the likelihood of a major bus crash. In…
Our firm regularly reports on accidents that have a tragic and unfortunate ending; a life is lost or someone suffers a very serious, life-altering injury in an accident. But there are those wonderful moments when an accident is averted and lives are spared from an abrupt end. This was the case for American flight 1612…
The Metrolink rail accident in 2008, which resulted in serious injuries and 25 deaths, led U. S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to consider having the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) propose rules and regulations on railroad employees using Personal Electronic Devices (PEDS), while on duty. There is already a temporary restriction for cell phone use in…