Personal Injury Law

3 LIRR Train Accidents So Far This Year ? Isolated Incidents or a Pattern to Beware?

There have been three accidents thus far in 2008 at Jamaica Station, the Long Island Rail Road?s busiest station. Two of the train accidents have occurred within the last week, including one on November 23, 2008 that is being considered the worst accident in 15 years. In that accident, an eastbound train entering Jamaica Station derailed as the eighth car passed over a switch. Three rear cars derailed, one jackknifing over three separate tracks. This accident damaged 4 of the 8 tracks at Jamaica Station. The week before, on November 19, 2 westbound trains bumped each other as they pulled out of Jamaica during the morning rush hour. On March 27, 2008, an eastbound train derailed as it entered Jamaica Station, sideswiping another train as it jumped off the tracks.

Full post as published by Legal Blog on November 26, 2008 (boomark / email).