The railroad industry has a bad habit of referring to the victims of train accidents primarily as ‘trespassers’, most likely to dispel the idea of operator liability in the minds of survivors. It needs to end.
Entries Tagged as 'Safety and Accidents'
MTA, Other Train Operators Need To Back Off Calling Track Fatality Victims ‘Trespassers’
February 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: MTA · Metro-North · Safety and Accidents
Milford CT Police Release Dash Cam Video of Cruiser Killing Teens
November 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Milford CT police have released the a dash cam video of one of their cruisers driving recklessly prior to killing two teens last summer.
Although there is no gore or bodies in the video, its shocking and infuriating to watch.
The video was recorded by the dashboard camera of Milford Police Officer Rick Pisani as he returned [...]
Tags: Safety and Accidents
Metro-North Train Hits Pickup, No Injuries
March 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
A Metro-North train has struck a pickup truck in Putnam County.
Story at MyFoxNY
Tags: MTA · Metro-North · Safety and Accidents
911 Call Audio From Chimp Attack Is Horrifying
February 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Stamford Police have released the audio from the 911 call from the owner of the chimpanzee which attacked her friend in Stamford. The victim is in critical condition.
Click here to listen to the audio, but please be warned that it is disturbing.
It is reported that one of the Stamford Police officers on the scene [...]
Tags: Safety and Accidents
If You’re Going To Play, Play It Safe!
December 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
It only takes a second… to watch this insurance safety video and laugh your butt off.
See more funny videos at Funny or Die
Tags: Safety and Accidents
Train Just Misses Pedestrians Crossing Tracks – Video
August 24th, 2008 · No Comments
How do people get accidentally hit by trains? You might ask – cause, you know, you can see them coming from a mile away. Not always. This video is an example of just how fast and quiet a train can come up on you, and how the engineer really cant do anything but blow his [...]
Tags: Safety and Accidents · Trains
Greenwich Anthrax Scare Evacuates Building, FBI Investigates
August 14th, 2008 · No Comments
One Greenwich Plaza, part of an 2-building office complex adjacent to the Greenwich Metro-North Train Station, was evacuated yesterday when a package broke open in a mail room and a suspicious powder came out, contaminating a mail room worker’s hands.
The Stamford Bomb Squad and FBI were called in to remove the package and investigate. Test [...]
Tags: Crime · Fairfield County · Greenwich · Safety and Accidents · Terrorism
