Drunken Bus Driver
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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NTSB Issues Final Report on Deadly Amtrak Derailment
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.
Read moreAmtrak Train Stranded by Snow on the Move Again in Oregon
A train carrying 183 passengers was on the move again Tuesday after being stranded for more than a day in an unusual Oregon snowstorm.
Read moreNTSB Chief: Fatal Amtrak Crash in SC Could Have Been Avoided
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.
Read moreAmtrak Engineer Says He Didn’t See Warning Signs Before Derailment
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.
Read moreFirst Lawsuits Filed in Deadly Amtrak Derailment
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.
Read moreVideo Points Away From Distraction as Cause of Amtrak Derailment
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.
Read moreExpert: New Route May Have Distracted Engineer Before Crash
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.
Read moreWas Engineer in Fatal Amtrak Wreck Distracted?
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.
Read moreOfficial: Feds Look at Whether Train Engineer Was Distracted
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.
Read moreTrain Speeding 50 MPH Over Limit Before Deadly Derailment
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.
Read moreAmtrak Train Hurtles Off Overpass; At Least 6 Killed
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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Railways’ Beef With California Labor Laws Not Pre-Empted, Judge Finds
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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Judge Clears Amtrak Engineer on Deadly Crash
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.
Read moreOverruling DA’s Office, Judge Calls for Amtrak Driver’s Arrest
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.
Read moreFamily Sues Amtrak for Death of Teenage Girl
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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