Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

• Metrolink Train Collision Lawsuit

  Daryl T. Dixon | September 16, 2008 2:26 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Grieving parents of a Metrolink Train Collision Victim, Aida Magdaleno, are filing a lawsuit against the company after the operator ran a red light at 42 miles an hour, crashing into a Union Pacific...

• Man Dead After Boat Crash

  Daryl T. Dixon | September 15, 2008 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  One man is dead and another, injured, after a boat wreck on Lake Cumberland. The man’s name was not immediately released, but he was reported to be from Indianapolis. He was pronounced dead...

• Kentucky Emergency Responders Need Greater Protection

  Daryl T. Dixon | August 13, 2008 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich recently signed Shibs Law. This allows for greater protection for Emergency Responders in Illinois. The bill honored fallen Firerfighter James "Shib" Miller. I...

• Kentucky Drunk Driving Crash 20 Years Ago

  Daryl T. Dixon | May 14, 2008 1:35 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  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...

• Illinois Train Accident Ends With Death of a Man in a Wheelchair

  Daryl T. Dixon | May 13, 2008 10:26 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  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...

• This Article is a Must Read For All Paducah and Western Kentucky Railroad Workers

  Daryl T. Dixon | May 06, 2008 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  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...

• Kentucky Bus Crash But Without Injury

  Daryl T. Dixon | May 06, 2008 12:25 AM | 1 CommentBowling Green, KY

  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...

• Kentucky Man Hit by Train in Critical Condition

  Chrissie Cole | October 31, 2007 12:12 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  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...

• Fiery Train Derailment Caused By Bad Bolt

  Lee Coleman | April 04, 2007 11:11 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  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...

• Families Still Displaced 6 Weeks After CSX Train Wreck

  Lee Coleman | February 26, 2007 1:42 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  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....