RENO, Nev. – A Nevada trucking company could be forced to pay more than $5.7 million if a judge formalizes a jury verdict that faulted one of its drivers for a fiery 2011 crash with an Amtrak train that killed six people and injured dozens.
A federal jury in Reno awarded $4.5 million to Amtrak and $210,777 to Union Pacific Railroad for damages resulting from John Davis Trucking Co.’s negligence when one of its trucks slammed into the side of a passenger train at a rural crossing 70 miles east of Reno.
Read the complete story at U.S. News and World Report.
(SMART Transportation Division member Laurette Lee, 68, of Local 166 at Salt Lake City was killed in the crash.)
Related News
- Chairman Pauli Announces Retirement, SMART-TD celebrates his career
- New Mexico Local 1687 sets new precedent with Red Apple Transit
- Tentative Agreement Reached With TransitAmerica Services (TASI)
- New CSX conductor improvises to save a life
- SMART News: Protecting Railroad Retirees’ Future
- More Than a Story: SMART-TD’s Women’s History Month Highlights Legacies in the Making
- Tentative Agreement Reached in Boston
- Assembly, No. 1672
- Historic short-line agreement proves workers are stronger with SMART-TD at their side
- SMART-TD’s Public Comment Opposing CSX’s “Zero-to-Zero” Push