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Consumers Personal Injury 

Drunken Bus Driver

December 28, 2020December 29, 2020 BRIEF
Amtrak, California, DUI, transportation

A bus driven by a drunk Amtrak and Americanstar Trailways employee careened off U.S. Highway 101 and into a ravine in Santa Barbara County, California, two passengers claim in a lawsuit filed Monday.

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Government 

NTSB Issues Final Report on Deadly Amtrak Derailment

May 21, 2019May 22, 2019 KARINA BROWN
Amtrak, Audit, crash, railroad, trains, Washington state

A deadly 2017 Amtrak derailment in Washington state was caused by a dangerous curved track and the railway’s failure to use technology designed to automatically brake ahead of such curves, according to a final report adopted Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board.

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Latest Headlines Regional 

Amtrak Train Stranded by Snow on the Move Again in Oregon

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 KARINA BROWN
Amtrak, Oregon, Weather

A train carrying 183 passengers was on the move again Tuesday after being stranded for more than a day in an unusual Oregon snowstorm.

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Government National 

NTSB Chief: Fatal Amtrak Crash in SC Could Have Been Avoided

February 5, 2018February 6, 2018 DAN MCCUE
Amtrak, crash, South Carolina, trains

Federal investigators are scrutinizing a railroad switch that appears to have been locked in the wrong position as the cause of a train collision early Sunday in central South Carolina that left two people dead and up to 116 others injured.

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Regional 

Amtrak Engineer Says He Didn’t See Warning Signs Before Derailment

January 25, 2018January 31, 2018 KARINA BROWN
Amtrak, crash, Washington state

The engineer at the helm of a deadly Amtrak train derailment in Washington state in December didn’t recognize the curve he was approaching until seconds before the wreck, according to new details released by the National Transportation Safety Board.

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Courts Personal Injury 

First Lawsuits Filed in Deadly Amtrak Derailment

January 4, 2018January 5, 2018 KARINA BROWN
Amtrak, crash, trains, transportation, Washington state

An Amtrak employee training to be a conductor on the ill-fated inaugural run of the new high-speed Cascades train 501 sued the company Wednesday, as did a passenger injured in the deadly derailment.

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Latest Headlines National 

Video Points Away From Distraction as Cause of Amtrak Derailment

December 22, 2017January 2, 2018 KARINA BROWN
Amtrak, trains, transportation, Washington state

Preliminary details released Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board on its investigation into the deadly derailment of an Amtrak train in Washington state seem to point away from fault on the part of the crew.

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Government Latest Headlines 

Expert: New Route May Have Distracted Engineer Before Crash

December 21, 2017December 22, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amtrak, crash, transportation, Washington state

Experts say it’s possible the engineer on an Amtrak train that derailed as it hurtled into a curve at more than twice the speed limit was distracted for an extended period of time before the train plunged off an overpass and onto a busy interstate, a key factor in the investigation.

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Latest Headlines National Regional 

Was Engineer in Fatal Amtrak Wreck Distracted?

December 20, 2017December 20, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amtrak, Washington state

Federal investigators in the deadly Amtrak wreck want to know whether the engineer was distracted by a second person in his cab as his train hurtled into a curve at more than twice the speed limit.

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Latest Headlines Regional 

Official: Feds Look at Whether Train Engineer Was Distracted

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amtrak, trains, Washington state

Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass, killing at least three people, was distracted by the presence of an employee-in-training next to him in the locomotive, a federal official said Tuesday.

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Government Latest Headlines 

Train Speeding 50 MPH Over Limit Before Deadly Derailment

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amtrak, crash, Seattle, trains, Washington state

Federal officials confirmed an Amtrak train was hurtling 50 mph over the speed limit when it careened off an overpass south of Seattle, spilling cars onto the highway below and killing at least three people.

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Latest Headlines Regional 

Amtrak Train Hurtles Off Overpass; At Least 6 Killed

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amtrak, crash, trains, Washington state

An Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a new route hurtled off an overpass Monday near Tacoma and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing an undisclosed number of people, authorities said.

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Courts Employment Government Regional 

Railways’ Beef With California Labor Laws Not Pre-Empted, Judge Finds

October 11, 2017October 12, 2017 NICK CAHILL
Amtrak, California, Labor, railroad

Amtrak and other railroad companies are subject to California labor laws that allow employees paid sick time to care for family illnesses or domestic violence matters, a federal judge clarified Tuesday.

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Criminal 

Judge Clears Amtrak Engineer on Deadly Crash

September 13, 2017September 13, 2017 GINA CARRANO
Amtrak, crash, negligence, Philadelphia, railroad

An Amtrak engineer whose high-speed operation of a commuter train caused a deadly derailment in 2015 should not face criminal charges, a Philadelphia judge ruled Tuesday.

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Criminal 

Overruling DA’s Office, Judge Calls for Amtrak Driver’s Arrest

May 12, 2017May 19, 2017 LOWELL NEUMANN NICKEY
Amtrak, crash, manslaughter, Philadelphia, Regional5, Settlement

Just two days after city prosecutors announced they would not press charges against the Amtrak driver whose train derailed in 2015, a Philadelphia judge issued an order for the conductor’s arrest on involuntary-manslaughter and reckless-endangerment counts.

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Regional 

Family Sues Amtrak for Death of Teenage Girl

May 6, 2017May 8, 2017 PAMELA BAKER
Amtrak, Wrongful Death

A teenager taking photos on a bridge was killed by an Amtrak train because of the company’s lackluster safety policies, her family claims in state court.

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