FELA Lawyer News Blog

Archive for May, 2011

KILLEEN, TX – Joe Faust, a spokesperson for Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF), gave an accounting to local news KXXV about a BNSF train that collided with a garbage truck on Monday morning, May 30.

Faust said the collision happened on the College Street crossing of the tracks near Avenue E in Killeen shortly after 11 A.M. No one was hurt in the crash and no hazardous chemicals spilled from the train either. ... Read More

San Antonio FELA lawyer, Bryan Cartall, 61, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bribery in a case in Cleveland, Ohio and faces up to five years in federal prison if convicted.

Cartall faces the criminal charge of paying a cash bribe to two railroad union officials so that injured union members would seek representation from his firm. ... Read More

BOONE, IA – A railroad worker had an arm amputated following a train accident in Boone, IA on May 23, 2011.

Union Pacific Locomotive

Boone is located in Boone County, Iowa in the central part of the state about 50 miles northwest of Des Moines. ... Read More

REESEVILLE, WI – Two people were killed in a crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a pickup truck on May 21, 2011 in the village of Reeseville, WI.

Scattered wreckage and a fire that destroyed railroad crossing signal equipment in the aftermath of a Wisconsin Amtrak train crash that left two people dead on Saturday, May 21, 2011. Photo credit: Dodge County Sheriff's Department

Reeseville is located in Dodge County, Wisconsin in the southeastern part of the state, about 46 miles southwest of Fond du Lac. ... Read More

PASCO, WA – According to news reports, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad carrying about 25,000 gallons chemicals, derailed on Sunday, May 15, at around 5:00 p.m. near Pasco, Washington.

BNSF Spokesman Gus Melonas told the media that several freight cars derailed while moving less than 5 mph during a switching operation. Seven cars derailed from the tracks, causing nearly 12,500 gallons of hydrochloric acid onto the ground by 9:30 p.m. No injuries were reported at the time of the incident. ... Read More

HOBOKEN, NJ – A PATH commuter train (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) pulled into the Hoboken, NJ terminal and crashed into the terminal platform injuring dozens of passengers and derailing in the process.

Emergency personnel near the entrance to the PATH station in Hoboken, NJ where commuter train crashed into terminal abutment on May 8, 2011. Photo credit: Julia Xanthos/News

Hoboken is located in Hudson County New Jersey in the northeastern part of the state about 9 1/2 miles northeast of Newark. ... Read More

MOUNT PROSPECT, IL – A semi truck collided with a Metra passenger train, shearing the cab from the truck, derailing the train and killing the truck driver on May 13, 2011.

Aerial view of horrific Metra commuter train crash in Mount Prospect, IL where the conductor was seriously injured, a semi truck driver was killed and many people were injured and taken to local hospitals. Photo credit: WGN- TV Channel 9, Chicago

Mount Prospect is a suburb of Chicago and is located in Cook County, Illinois in the northeastern part of the state. It is about 24 miles northwest of the city of Chicago.
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MILWAUKEE, WI. – An 11 year old boy was severally injured on Saturday, April 30, in an accident involving a slow moving train. The accident resulted in the boy losing part of his lower leg.

Milwaukee police say they believe the operator of the train never knew about the accident involving the boy. ... Read More

NORMANDY, IL — A  Union pacific trail carrying grain to Texas derailed shortly after 8 a.m on Friday, May 6, about one mile south of Normandy in northwestern Bureau County spilling corn into an adjacent field.

Early reports from Bureau County Sheriff’s Department indicated seven cars had derailed, but Union Pacific Northern Region media director Mark Davis later confirmed 31 cars had derailed. ... Read More

BRECKENRIDGE, MN – About 1000 gallons of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) was spilled in a train derailment in Breckenridge, MN on April 30, 2011 creating a sticky mess for railroad workers to clean up.

Red River Valley & Western Railroad

Breckenridge is located in Wilkin County, Minnesota in the western part of the state on the border with North Dakota about 201 miles northwest of Minneapolis. ... Read More