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Los Angeles Metrolink Train Crash Raises Safety Concerns North of the Border

Posted by: Robert Reeves
September 27, 2008
Topic: Train Accidents

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We have been tracking closely the events of the Metrolink train crash, as noted in the blog entries below. If you have been injured, or have a loved one who has perished in the Metrolink crash, our lawyers are standing by to provide you with a free consultation. For more information about us, visit our website at www.trlglaw.com, call us at (800) 644-8000, or email us.

The Reeves Law Group is a large and well-known law firm of personal injury lawyers. We have won top results for thousands of accident victims in injury and death cases, while earning a reputation for professionalism and competence.

The kind of attention that the Los Angeles Metrolink train crash in Chatsworth has received in the media, and on Metrolink train accident attorney blogs around the state, has raised awareness about the need for basic safety measures on our trains. It seems that these lessons are being learned not just by rail services across the country, but also across the border.

Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents more than 4500 locomotive engineers in Canada, is calling on their government to add a second engineer in locomotives. According to Dan Shewchuk, President of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, every second that an engineer is behind the controls is precious, and even a momentary lapse in concentration can prove deadly as in the case of the Los Angeles Metrolink train accident of September 12th. In that accident, that we have covered extensively on our Metrolink train accident attorneys blog, there was only one engineer in the locomotive.

Investigations into the train crash are still ongoing, but current evidence seems to suggest that the engineer Robert Sanchez missed three vital stop signs with the result that the Metrolink train landed on the same tracks as a freight train. The resulting train accident has been one of the worst on record with 25 deaths, and 135 injuries resulting from the crash. Many victims still remain in the hospital in serious condition, and many are still in an unconscious state.

The Metrolink Board of Directors has taken its first series of safety measures, including the provision for an additional engineer in each commuter train locomotive. It looks like the lessons being learned here aren't restricted to our borders.

If you have been injured or a loved-one has been killed in the Los Angeles Metrolink train accident, contact The Reeves Law Group. The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of train accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.


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