Posts tagged train

• Choose The Right Safety Seat For Your Child

  Jessica Grigsby | September 28, 2010 2:33 PM | 1 CommentSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  How important is it to select the right safety seat for your child? You can probably already tell me the answer to that, but if there’s any doubt, consider these statistics from the...

• Kiesel Boucher Larson: "Metrolink Must Finally Do The Responsible Thing..."

  Paul Kiesel | September 15, 2008 9:37 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The family of Aida Magdaleno filed a claim today against Metrolink, alleging the agency chose not to use the available rail safety features needed to protect Southern California rail commuters. “We...

• Pedestrian Accident Victim Identified

  Claude Wyle | February 16, 2010 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Another very sad pedestrian accident to report today. According to SFExaminer.com, a woman who was hit in a crosswalk and killed by a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission vehicle Tuesday on...

• Metrolink Settles Most Cases from 2005 Glendale Train Crash

  Paul Kiesel | October 14, 2009 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  From the Los Angeles Times: After years of legal wrangling, Metrolink has settled most of the outstanding lawsuits arising from the 2005 Glendale crash that killed 11 people and injured about 180,...

• Metrolink Still Struggling with Saftey Improvements

  Paul Kiesel | September 08, 2009 3:18 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  From the Los Angeles Times: As the anniversary of the Sept. 12 Chatsworth train disaster approaches, officials with Southern California's sprawling commuter rail service are facing a vexing array...

• Washington Metro Accident Will Prove Costly for Everyone Involved

  Paul Kiesel | July 16, 2009 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  From Bloomberg News: July 15 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc. and insurers at Lloyd’s of London are among firms that may face a combined total of more than $100 million in...

• Lax Oversight Forces Metrolink to Hire Own Crews

  Paul Kiesel | May 28, 2009 7:41 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From the Los Angeles Times: In the latest fallout from last year's Metrolink disaster, the Southern California commuter rail agency could begin directly hiring and managing its engineers and...

• NTSB Updates Annual "Wish" List of Safety Recommendations

  Paul Kiesel | October 30, 2008 5:39 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  From the Associated Press: LOS ANGELES—The National Transportation Safety Board has removed worker fatigue and the use of positive train control from its annual most wanted list of safety...

• 5 Year-old dies in Tragic but Avoidable Accident

  John Demas | October 16, 2008 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  California Vehicle Code section 27315(d)(1) states: “A person may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway unless that person and all passengers 16 years of age or over are properly...

• Metrolink Engineer Sent Text Message Seconds Before Crash

  Paul Kiesel | October 01, 2008 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  From NBC News: The engineer of a Metrolink commuter train sent a text message 22 seconds before the collision with a freight train in Los Angeles last month that killed 25 people, federal...