Missouri Train Accident Kills One, Injures Another
A woman was killed and a child injured at a private railroad crossing in Webster County, Missouri. According to an article in the Kansas City Star, the Captain of the Southern County Fire Protection District said that the train’s engineer had seen the truck and tried to stop.
Two other children were in the truck bed but had jumped out of the vehicle before the crash. The 33-year-old woman, pronounced dead at the scene, had picked up the children from school and was on her way home. Her eight-year-old daughter sustained serious injuries and was air lifted to Springfield hospital.
The Missouri Department of Transportation reports that every two hours, a train hits a vehicle or pedestrian in the U.S. Another terrifying statistic is that you are 20 times more likely to die in a vehicle-train accident than a two-car crash.
The National Traffic Safety Board reported that 80% of railroad crossings do not have lights or safety case. In the aforementioned incident, the railroad crossing was privately owned. Nevertheless, both public and private railroad crossings are required by law to be properly maintained and have adequate and working signals, lights or other indicators for train crossing. If not, then the owner of the crossing may be held liable for any accidents that occur.
If you or someone you love has been in a railroad or train accident in Missouri, you may have a personal injury claim and could be entitled to compensation for medical bills and financial and personal losses. Contact an experienced Missouri train accident attorney at Page Cagle today for a free and comprehensive evaluation of your case.
Source: http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1611609.html
