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

For years we have all been inundated with slogans like, "Buckle up, It's the Law", and "Buckle up for Safety", even "Don't be a Dummy, Buckle Up". The reasons for these slogan are obvious-- using a seatbelt reduces the risk of serious injury or death in a car wreck. However, this reasoning is lost when it comes to our most precious cargo... our children.

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....

It has been a while since I have seen anything in the news about the Tornado Bus Driver that killed four near Forest City, Arkansas, on November 25th of last year. However, a resent article by the Associated Press said that Prosecuting Attorney Fletcher Long expected that the lawyer representing Felix Badillo Tapia, would make a request to be released from the case.

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...

A tour-bus crash early Sunday killed gospel singer and songwriter Joyce "Dottie" Rambo when the vehicle ran off the highway and struck an embankment. Seven other people on the bus were injured in the wreck about two miles east of Mount Vernon on Interstate 44, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. They were hospitalized in Springfield with moderate to severe injuries.

Katelyn Baker, 15, was killed after she drove her car around a railroad crossing bar and was hit by a train in Johnson County. Baker had recently received a provisionary driver's license. and...

The Central Florida Commuter Rail Commission met last week and declared their intentions to pursue the controversial deal with CSX Railroad to buy 61 miles of railroad track. The problem is that...

15 passenger vans are large vehicles with five rows of seats intended to transport up to 15 people including the driver. The problem is that this van when loaded with people has a tendency to roll over easily and cause serious injury to passengers. The federal government now classifies 15 passenger vans as buses for the purposes of vehicle safety standards.

In late April 2008, an Ohio state court jury ordered Conrail to pay $2.6 million to its former locomotive engineer, for negligently causing his diesel exhaust asthma lung disease. Frank Battaglia, worked in the Detroit, Michigan rail yards for Conrail for 23 years as a railroad engineer, before he was eventually diagnosed with diesel exhaust fume asthma.

According to police from Arlington County, after the driver suddenly became unconscious, a school bus crashed into a parked vehicle. The accident occurred on the morning of Monday, April 14...

Sometimes party ties mean more to Senators than consumer safety. With the upcoming Presidential election only months away, partisan fighting is at an all time high causing important bills to stall in the Senate. The most recent bill to fall victim to this partisan squabble is legislation to modernize and fund the Federal Aviation Administration including such provisions as money for a satellite-based air traffic control system and a mandatory two-year prohibition on official contact between the agency and former FAA inspectors who go to work for airlines.

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...