RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNALS BEING INVESTIGATED IN CAR-TRAIN WRECK
Sadly, the Chicago Tribune reported that a 26-year-old woman was killed by an Amtrak train on Friday in south suburban University Park. The woman was driving her car over a railroad crossing after leaving Governor's State University when the incident occurred.
The Tribune stated that Canadian National Railway Company, the owner of the tracks, is currently investigating whether the railroad crossing's signal system was working properly at the time. People familiar with the intersection claim this railroad crossing is problematic.
In general, railroads have a duty to provide adequate warning devices at their rail crossings. Anderson v. Chicago Cent. & Pac. R.R. Co., 771 F. Supp. 227, 229 (N.D. Ill. 1991). Where railroad crossings are maintained by a railroad, the public has a right to rely on the railroad to keep them in efficient working conditions. Langston v. Chicago & N.W. Ry. Co., 398 Ill. 248, 254 (1947).
The attorneys at the Law Offices of Jeffrey J. Kroll have experience handling railroad injury cases. In fact, early this year Jeff Kroll published an article entitled "Handling a Railroad Crossing Case" in the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Trial Journal. You can read his entire article here.
