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Re: Nevada truck company sues UP & Amtrak for crossing crash
Author: Tom
Date: 07-30-2011 - 01:08
Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> The owner of the truck involved in the earlier
> road crossing crash between the gravel truck and
> Amtrak that killed Amtrak conductor Laurette Lee
> and 5 passengers says the crossing did not provide
> adequate warning for vehicles to stop in time.
>
> John Davis Trucking Company, facing five lawsuits
> after one of its drivers slammed into an Amtrak
> train last month, killing six, has countersued
> Amtrak and Union Pacific, claiming the rail
> companies failed to maintain a safe railroad
> crossing at the site of the fiery crash. In court
> documents filed in U.S. District Court in Reno on
> Friday, Steve Jaffee, the Las Vegas-based lawyer
> for the Battle Mountain trucking company, said the
> railroad companies did not adequately warn drivers
> of on-coming trains.
>
> “Our position is that John Davis Trucking has
> acted properly and has done everything right,”
> Jaffee said. “The evidence will demonstrate that
> this was an issue involving Amtrak and Union
> Pacific and failures on their part.”
>
> “We have significant concerns regarding the manner
> in which Amtrak and Union Pacific operated that
> crossing both from the perspective of the train
> and its operations and the manner in which the
> crossing was operated for those lawfully on the
> roads, including John Davis’ truck,” Jaffee said.
>
> Full story here:
> [www.rgj.com]
> /Trucking-company-Amtrak-train-crash-countersues-A
> mtrak-Union-Pacific?odyssey=mod
>
First of all, Amtrak doesn't "operate that crossing", UP does. Second, what more does that douchebag attorney want for crossing protection?? Clear day, you can see a train for miles away, and as fast as that train goes through a crossing, all that moron had to do was simply take his foot off the throttle and let the truck coast towards the crossing when he SHOULD have seen the train (like everyone else). Amtrak 5 takes mere SECONDS to blast through a crossing at track speed, so the dickhead didn't even have to stop, if he had just paid attention and coasted. The fact that he couldn't see something as blatant as flashing lights and gates, couldn't hear a loud horn, nevermind seeing something as large as a TRAIN, tells anyone with half a brain cell left that the Davies Trucking is at total fault for hiring an unqualified, retard for a driver. THEY caused the accident, THEY are fully liable. This is just nothing more than blatant abuse of the legal system.
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> The owner of the truck involved in the earlier
> road crossing crash between the gravel truck and
> Amtrak that killed Amtrak conductor Laurette Lee
> and 5 passengers says the crossing did not provide
> adequate warning for vehicles to stop in time.
>
> John Davis Trucking Company, facing five lawsuits
> after one of its drivers slammed into an Amtrak
> train last month, killing six, has countersued
> Amtrak and Union Pacific, claiming the rail
> companies failed to maintain a safe railroad
> crossing at the site of the fiery crash. In court
> documents filed in U.S. District Court in Reno on
> Friday, Steve Jaffee, the Las Vegas-based lawyer
> for the Battle Mountain trucking company, said the
> railroad companies did not adequately warn drivers
> of on-coming trains.
>
> “Our position is that John Davis Trucking has
> acted properly and has done everything right,”
> Jaffee said. “The evidence will demonstrate that
> this was an issue involving Amtrak and Union
> Pacific and failures on their part.”
>
> “We have significant concerns regarding the manner
> in which Amtrak and Union Pacific operated that
> crossing both from the perspective of the train
> and its operations and the manner in which the
> crossing was operated for those lawfully on the
> roads, including John Davis’ truck,” Jaffee said.
>
> Full story here:
> [www.rgj.com]
> /Trucking-company-Amtrak-train-crash-countersues-A
> mtrak-Union-Pacific?odyssey=mod
>
First of all, Amtrak doesn't "operate that crossing", UP does. Second, what more does that douchebag attorney want for crossing protection?? Clear day, you can see a train for miles away, and as fast as that train goes through a crossing, all that moron had to do was simply take his foot off the throttle and let the truck coast towards the crossing when he SHOULD have seen the train (like everyone else). Amtrak 5 takes mere SECONDS to blast through a crossing at track speed, so the dickhead didn't even have to stop, if he had just paid attention and coasted. The fact that he couldn't see something as blatant as flashing lights and gates, couldn't hear a loud horn, nevermind seeing something as large as a TRAIN, tells anyone with half a brain cell left that the Davies Trucking is at total fault for hiring an unqualified, retard for a driver. THEY caused the accident, THEY are fully liable. This is just nothing more than blatant abuse of the legal system.
