Posted on 17th May 2013 by gjohnson in Uncategorized
Metro-North Railroad, train crash, train derailment
During the evening rush hour Friday, two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Fairfield, Conn., with 60 people sent to local hospitals, according to the Associated Press. Five of the victims were critically hurt, and another one very badly injured.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/metro-north-train-crash_n_3295562.html?ncid=webmail1
The crash involved the Metro-North Railroad, which was caused by a derailment. A train that had left Grand Central Station to go to New Haven derailed near Fairfield, AP reported. Then a westbound train on an adjacent track hit the derailed train, causing some of its cars to derail.
Rail officials told AP that there was major damage to the to the two trains and the track.
Authorities were investigating the cause of the collision.
Attorney Gordon JohnsonPast Chair Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, American Association of Justice
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Posted on 10th July 2011 by gjohnson in Uncategorized
Indian train derailment kills 31, train crashes, train derailment
A train derailment Sunday in northern India killed 31 people and injured more than 100 others, according to The Los Angeles Times.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-india-train-20110711,0,3882821.story
First responders were still sifting through the wreckage of the Kalka Mail express train to see if they could find any survivors trapped in what remained of the train, The Times reported. The accident site was described as “a pile of twisted metal,” with at least one train car perched “precariously” on the roof of another.
Authorities were expecting to find more victims once they cut through the metal to get inside all of the train cars.
The train, which was en route from Howrah to the Himalayan town of Kalka, derailed near the town of Fatehpur.
Officials still didn’t know the cause of the crash, but they do know that the engineer had put on the emergency brakes.
The most seriously hurt were transported to by helicopter to local hospitals.
According to The Times, Indian express trains typically carry 1,000 people and travel from 60 mph to 80 mph.
Attorney Gordon JohnsonPast Chair Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, American Association of Justice
g@gordonjohnson.com :: 800-992-9447 :: Attorney Gordon S. Johnson, Jr.
