California Personal Injury Attorneys

A 57-year-old Metrolink passenger's hand was severed in an Orange County train accident after he fell off a platform and onto the tracks the morning of February 8, 2010 in Laguna Niguel. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the northbound Metrolink train dragged the man as it pulled out of Forbes Road station. The train cut off the man's left hand at the wrist and dragged him for a short distance on the tracks. The man is expected to survive. However, he was transported to a hospital to be treated for the amputation. Read the rest of this entry »

A driver was injured in a San Francisco car accident involving a Muni Metro train the afternoon of August 24, 2009, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The inbound L Taraval train was on Taraval Street when it collided with the car heading south on 34th Avenue. The male driver of the car, who was not identified, was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with injuries. Officials say they do not know yet what caused this collision. There are stop signs at the intersection for traffic on 34th Avenue, but not for traffic on Taraval. Read the rest of this entry »

Howard Mark Carter, 62, was killed in a California car accident the night of August 10, 2009 on the 91 Freeway after his BMW went through a guardrail and was struck by a freight train. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, Carter was driving his 2007 BMW west on the freeway near Corona, California, when his car swerved from the left lanes to the right shoulder and struck about 50 feet of guardrail. California Highway Patrol officials said Carter's car then rolled down a dirt embankment and stopped on the railroad tracks below. An oncoming train then struck the BMW on the passenger side, which caused the car to overturn on its roof. Carter was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured.
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Juan Tejada, 54, was killed in a California construction accident the afternoon of July 14, 2009 after his pickup truck was struck by an Amtrak train in Bay Point. According to a CBS News report, Tejada was an employee of the ARB construction company in Pittsburgh. The train versus car crash occurred near North Broadway Avenue and Willow Pass Road in unincorporated Contra Costa County, California Highway Patrol officials said. The collision happened at a private crossing on BNSF railway tracks. No one in the train was injured. Tejada was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Officials from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health are investigating the incident. They will be looking into what caused Tejada's truck to be hit and will try to determine whether any safety procedures were violated. The investigation could apparently take three to four months. Read the rest of this entry »