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

Over the weekend four people lost their lives when a medical helicopter crashed outside of Huntsville. The chopper took off at 2:45 am Sunday morning and crashed just minutes later. Despite...

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The Honorable Mark V. Rosenker, Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board was the key note speaker at the annual meeting of the Greater New Jersey Motorcoach Association today. In his...

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On Wednesday, during rush hour, two commuter trains crashed, injuring several passengers – the operator of the train was trapped and seriously injured in the train accident, according to...

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This week, another horrible accident happened on the T. Interestingly, a few weeks ago, another client contacted our office about an accident on the same trolley line. She indicated that the trolley...

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Earlier today, a CTA Green Line train derailed, resulting in several being hospitalized. The early reports are that the derailment of the train occurred at a switch track. The operator went through...

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Mourners from Orange Park, Florida said goodbye this week to a Clay County, Florida athlete killed in a train accident. Wes Whiddon, 17, and two friends were fishing from a train trestle right...

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Fast changing weather, bush landing sites, animals on the runways, and pilot inexperience help make Alaska a very dangerous place to be an aircraft passenger. Pilots die at a rate 100 times the...

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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.

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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....

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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