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Accident occurred
To his dismay, however, the front end stuck out of her SUV during the first train tracks. He was unable to back up because some cars parked directly behind her. In panic, he tried to speed over the tracks to prevent trains, but does not make it over the tracks in time. The train, which was traveling at about 80mph, hit her directly from the side, killing all six passengers in the SUV. The passengers including the driver, her 3-year-old son, his 5-year-old son, another 5-year-old boy, a 19-year-old girl, and a 39-year-old woman. The husband of the woman driving the SUV has now filed a lawsuit against four companies railroad in Stanislaus County for California train accidents, as well as the county itself.
He claims that the railroads neglected to continue the crossing Claribel Road and Terminal Avenue, where the accident occurred, and failed to make it safe for vehicles and pedestrians. The attorneys of people also point out that, although the California Public Utility Commission recommended that Stanislaus County to remove the stop sign from this particular crossing to make it safer, the county has failed to do so. In rebuttal, Amtrak has filed a case against this man, claiming that it was his wife who was completely at fault in the accident.
