Driver Inattention & Poorly Maintained Brakes Caused Commercial Truck-Amtrak Crash

December 17th, 2012 | Truck accident

On December 11, 2012, the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”) issued a press release stating that “Driver Inattention and Poorly Maintained Brakes” were the cause of the John Davis Trucking Company’s semi-truck crash with the Amtrak passenger train.  This crash ignited a fire that encompassed the truck and three passenger railcars injuring sixteen people, killing… Read More