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

• Alarming Facts about Air Craft Accidents

  Jim Lewis | November 24, 2009 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  An air craft/air plane is the most convenient way when travelling, because you get to reach your destination in just a couple of hours or so compared with ships, boat or other motor vehicles....

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Starts “Officer on a Train” Safety Campaign

  Randy Appleton | November 22, 2009 3:47 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  According to the Federal Safety Administration, around 2,000 people have died in the past decade in railroad collisions. These train accidents result from several factors such as; warning lights and...

• One Injured in School Bus Accident in Charlotte, North Carolina

  Randy Appleton | November 11, 2009 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  A school bus driver was injured in a bus accident in Charlotte, North Carolina (NC) after another driver hit the bus while it was parked. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school bus was parked on W.T....

• Co-Owner of the Charlotte Bobcats Killed in Plane Accident

  Jim Lewis | September 15, 2009 8:20 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  William “Skipper” Beck, co-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats NBA franchise, tragically died on a plane accident. The single-engine plane Skipper was piloting crashed at the...

• Bus Driver of Greyhound is Charged in Fatal Wreck in Goldsboro

  Jim Lewis | July 11, 2009 11:16 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  A fatal bus wreck happened in Goldsboro last Saturday that holds the bus driver squarely at fault. Police have charged the driver of a Greyhound bus in an accident that has killed a 62-year-old...

• Monorail Crash at Walt Disney World Kills Train Operator

  John Cooper | July 07, 2009 8:24 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Orlando has reported that two monorail trains crashed early Sunday morning in the Magic Kingdom section of Walt Disney World, which has killed one of the train's operators. The fatality came...

• Eyewitness Testimony is Important in Safety Appliance and Locomotive Safety Inspection Act Claims

  Randy Appleton | July 03, 2009 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  I've recently represented several railroad employees who suffered career ending injuries due to the failure of safety appliances on freight cars or locomotives. We were able to successfully settle...

• Mechanical Problems in Wake of D.C. Metro Crash Fatalities Causes Deep Concern Over Other Mass Transit Systems

  Emily Mapp Brannon | June 29, 2009 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Although the NTSB will continue to investigate the DC metro accident, there appears to be a whole new crop of concerns over the country’s many other mass transit systems, and...

• Washington Metro Checking 3,000 Circuits After Crash

  John Cooper | June 28, 2009 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Investigators are examining almost 3,000 circuits on Washington D.C.’s Metro as they try to discover any irregularities or breaks near where the trained crashed earlier this week that...

• Rail and Metro Authorities Say D.C. Signal System Didn't Detect Test Train

  Jim Lewis | June 28, 2009 8:35 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced that their investigators have found a signaling system failure in their testing. This signal was suppose to detect a...