08 April

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Man in Astoria Fatally Struck by R Train

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On Sunday morning, the Steinway St. station in Astoria was blocked off after a man was hit by a train. It appears that man jumped in front of a Queens subway and was fatally hit by the train on Sunday morning. This information comes from officials who were on the scene. The train was a Manhattan-bound R train that was inside the Steinway St. station, and it is said that the incident occurred at around 9:55 in the morning. The operator of the train saw the man on the tracks as the train was pulling into the station, but, despite trying, he was not...

07 April

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Couple Injured in Train Crash in 2017 Sues LIRR

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In 2017, a Brooklyn couple was hurt in a train crash while riding the Long Island Rail Road. The husband and wife are suing the Long Island Rail Road for failing to stop the wreck. The victims were Joseph and Helen Bua; they were two of dozens of passengers who flew out of their seats when a train plowed through a metal barrier while pulling into Atlantic Terminal January of last year. This information comes from the lawsuit they filed in Queens Supreme Court. The two of them suffered many personal injuries, and they were injured along with over 100 other people...

07 April

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MTA Hit With Demand for Guardrails in Subway

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The MTA has been hit with a class action call for guardrails in the Subway. After nearly a dozen instances of tragedy happening on New York City’s subways tracks, a woman who had a close call herself is bringing a federal class action suit to the MTA and demanding safety reforms. This story happened on March 22, 2018. The lead plaintiff in the case is Mary West. She only suffered minor injuries to her leg when it got caught between an Uptown 1 train and the platform. This happened last year. Her 36-page complaint was full of disturbing photos of commuters...

03 April

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A LIRR Train Hits Car on Tracks

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The crossing gates were already down and the lights were flashing on when a Long Island Rail Road train hit into a car on the tracks. This happened on March 27th, 2018. The train hit hard into the car, which was abandoned on the tracks, and sparked a fireball that went streaking along the tracks. The train then crashed to a stop. Surveillance video from the incident showed this information. The fireball filled the area with smoke and service was cut out for the entire weekend. According to people in the area, it isn’t that uncommon for cars to end up...

28 June

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Dozens Injured in New York City Subway Derailment Accident By NYC Train Accident Lawyers

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Many subway commuters already anxious about all the delays they often endure were further panicked on June 27, 2017, when the “A” subway train derailed mid-morning near the 125th Street station in Harlem explains one of the NYC train accident lawyers at the F&A injury law firm. Witnesses said they heard the train crash into the subway tunnel wall. Although reports varied, The New York Times said that 17 of the subway riders had to be taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. At least double that number of people suffered injuries. Shortly after the crash that some described as a loud...

12 January

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Brooklyn train accident lawyers discuss Positive Train Control technology

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Last week’s Long Island Rail Road train derailment could have easily been prevented if available technology known as the Positive Train Control (PTC) system had been used says one of the Brooklyn train accident lawyers at the F&A injury law firm. The LIRR train came into the platform at over 15 m.p.h and crashed into the bumping block causing the train to derail with a piece of rail piercing the bottom of one of the train cars. It left over 100 people injured. PTC technology works and is able to identify, predict, and prevent train crashes, derailments, and other accidents....

04 January

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Long Island Railroad (LIRR) train accident lawyers comment on today’s derailing in Brooklyn

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An LIRR train derailed Wednesday morning as it was pulling into the Atlantic Terminal station during rush hour injuring up to 103 people states Arkady Frekhtman, one of the train accident lawyers at the F&A injury law firm in New York City. Although the train was coming in at a relatively slow speed of fifteen miles per hour, the conductor apparently did not stop the train in time as it crashed into a bumper block causing the derailment. A bumper block similar to this one depicted above was located at the end of the platform. Shattered glass, smoke, and other debris littered...

05 October

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NYC train accident lawyers discuss recent Hoboken crash

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During the early morning rush hour on Thursday, September 29th, New Jersey commuters heading to their train platforms were suddenly forced to respond to a runaway train. Filled with passengers and allegedly moving at a heightened speed, the New Jersey commuter train crashed into the Hoboken Terminal. One young woman in her thirties was killed and more than 100 others suffered a wide range of serious injuries. Normally, each arriving train slides into a designated stopping point in the terminal. However, on this day, CNN reports that “the train overran its stopping point, slammed into a bumper block . . ....

09 June

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Train Accident Lawyer Discusses NTSB Report On Amtrak Train Derailment

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"Ever since Amtrak train 188 derailed in Philadelphia on May 12, 2015, there has been significant debate over exactly how and why this train accident happened" says Arkady Frekhtman, a train accident lawyer. Eight people died that day, and over 200 passengers suffered injuries. Reason Cited For Crash What is known is that the engineer accelerated the train to over 100 mph on a curve that had a 50 mph speed limit. Now, in a May 2016 report, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concludes that "situational awareness" led to the derailment. Investigators say the engineer was distracted by as many as two...

13 May

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Train Accident Lawyer Discusses the Federal Employers’ Liability Act

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Train accident lawyers at the F&A injury law firm discuss FELA. Railroad workers that work for a railroad that travels interstate have special rights under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA). This law protects injured railroad workers who are injured during the course and scope of their employment. The FELA requires railroads to maintain a reasonably safe work environment, to enforce certain safety rules, to adequately train and supervise employees, and to impose reasonable work requirements on employees. A railroad worker can bring a FELA claim if: The railroad was negligent in carrying out the above mentioned requirements; and This negligence caused the worker's injury. Whether...