Injury Law News » Metrolink Accidents http://www.injurylawnews.us A Blog About Personal Injury Cases and Law Firms Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:59:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Death on the Rails http://www.injurylawnews.us/2009/11/18/train-accidents-injuries/ http://www.injurylawnews.us/2009/11/18/train-accidents-injuries/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:22:29 +0000 Injury Law Blogger http://www.injurylawnews.us/?p=82

The Los Angeles Times featured an article and video last September 27th about the frequency of accidents between cars and pedestrians and Metrolink Trains.

Most Southern Californians know all about the big accidents, such as the head-0n train-on-train accident last year that killed 25 people and brought texting-while-driving accidents to the forefront, the truth is that most Metrolink accidents involve only one train, and it is usually striking a passing car.

What is most frustrating to critics of Metrolink is that it seems that there are certain intersections where most of these accidents occur, and in most cases safety engineers have a clear understaning of they are occuring.  So why aren’t they being fixed?

Further reading:

Los Angeles Times Article

Los Angeles Train Accident Attorney

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