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People can get badly injured in incidents involving trains in a variety of scenarios. We handle just about all of them.
Here are a few of the most common incidents that lead to clients hiring us to help them recover compensation for their injuries and losses:
- Derailments. A train derailment occurs when a train’s wheels leave (or jump) its tracks, often because the train has traveled too fast for track conditions. A derailment can cause massive injury to anyone on or around the train at the time of the accident, and also has the potential to destroy property and injure people in the surrounding area. Few Philadelphians will soon forget the tragic and catastrophic derailment of an Amtrak train Philadelphia that killed eight and injured 150.
- Collisions. Trains can collide with vehicles at crossings, with pedestrians, or with each other. No matter the type of collision, however, the accident can cause severe injuries and catastrophic damage.
- Slip and falls. Train passengers often fall while getting onto, off of, or moving around inside, a train car. They may also fall onto tracks while waiting for a train. Any of these incidents could lead to serious or fatal injuries.
- Explosions and spills. Sometimes, a train poses a danger to the public because of the cargo it carries. Philadelphia has avoided an explosion of a so-called bomb train for now, but many city residents worry about the potential danger of trains carrying flammable or toxic materials through the population centers of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
No matter how an injury involving a train occurs, an experienced Philadelphia train accident injury attorney can help victims recover the compensation they need and deserve.