Kentucky updates in category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

WPSD TV in Paducah did a great story on Kentucky School Bus Safety over the last 20 years since the Carrollton Bush Crash as a result of a Drunk Driver driving the wrong way on Interstate 71....

Today marked the 20th Anniversary of the Kentucky Drunk Driving School Bus Accident on Interstate 71 in Carrollton. Click on the above link for a News Article and a Video. The School Bus caught on...

An Illinois Train Accident ended in tragedy on Tuesday in Carbondale. The man was in a wheelchair when he was attempting to cross the Railroad Tracks. Authorities say that the man attempted to...

A Carbondale Illinois Man has been hit by a Train today. The man was in a wheelchair and was attempting to cross Train Tracks. WPSD TV in Paducah Kentucky is reporting that there were crossing...

The following article is written by my Attorney friend, Rick Shapiro. He is discussing Radioactive exposures to Railroad Workers and their rights. He goes into great detail and discusses workers in...

There was another Kentucky Bus Crash, this time in the tiny Western Kentucky town of Kevil. But this time there were no injuries and no deaths. Late last week a Kentucky Bus Crash killed one student...

The Pendleton County Kentucky Bus Crash from Thursday sparked fears with Western Kentucky School Officials. The facts of that case hit way to close to home for many in Western Kentucky. A dump...

A 19-year-old Lexington man remains in critical condition following a train accident yesterday.The man was struck by a 31-car train at 4:30 a.m., Saturday. He was on his way home from a Halloween party near Nicholasville Road, according to a close family friend.An engineer on the train at the time of the accident reported he saw a man jumping in and out of the train track's rail as the train was...

The CSX train derailment in Bullitt County in January was caused by a broken bolt on a freight car. The broken bolt caused the car not to steer properly and caused it to jump the track on a curve near Brooks, Ky. The freight car is owned by a CSX customer but the railroad is responsible for the maintenance and safe operation of it. The crash forced an estimated 500 people from their homes. Some...

Six weeks later after the train derailment in Brooks, KY, more than a dozen families are still not in their homes. Some say they aren't going back. Some wonder what the appraisal of their homes will be as no one else wants to move there either. Families living in hotels, it's become the normal for fast food since there is no kitchens for some. Children missing the privacy of their own rooms....

The train derailment two weeks ago in Brooks, Kentucky still leaves about 15 families locked out of their homes. Some utilities have still not been restored such as gas and water to some of the homes and the Environmental Protection Agency says there is so much equipment it really makes it unsafe for them to return at this time. 4,500 tons of contaminated earth from around the site has been...

I came across an article in the Witchita Eagle that was very interesting as far as bringing to attention just what is in those rail cars that roll through our cities every day. Last week here in Kentucky we had two train accidents in two days with hazardous materials involved. According to the paper 30 rail cars a day come through the heart of Lexington carrying such toxins as chlorine and...

Friday the trains were once again rolling on the tracks in Bullitt County, after a massive derailment on Tuesday. 800 feet of new track had been laid where the fires had scorched the tracks. No answers yet from federal investigators or CSX officials on the cause of the incident. On Saturday some evacuated residents were allowed to return home briefly for necessary items and to check on pets....

Our firm was the first to file a lawsuit yesterday in federal court in Louisville. Lawsuits CSX may have to face are:Personal InjuryProperty Loss or DamageLoss of IncomeLoss of BusinessForced EvacuationShelter In PlaceWe have 17 plaintiffs right now and expect more. People living within a mile have not been allowed back into their homes, some have been allowed to check on pets but only briefly....

Thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals leftover from the Tuesday CSX train crash in Bullitt County begins. CSX workers began burning it off in a controlled burn. A huge pit of 90,000 gallons of 1, 3-butadiene from three rail cars is where they started. 14 cars caught fire in the crash from the 80-car train that was headed from Louisville to Birmingham, AL. Around 500 people were evacuated some...