Early on Saturday, Union Pacific and BNSF freight trains collided and derailed in southeast Missouri near Scott City. One train T-boned the other, causing it to derail. The derailed train struck a support pillar for a highway overpass, causing the Highway M Bridge to collapse. In addition, diesel fuel from one of the train’s engines ignited a fire. 2 people from the trains and 5 people from cars that had been on the collapsed Highway M Bridge received injuries from the crash. (Source: Patrick Garrity, NBC News, 5/25/13)
Could it be that major train collisions and bridge collapses are becoming more frequent? Only a week ago, our structural collapse injury lawyers note that a commuter train derailed and collided with another train in Connecticut, injuring over 70 people and disrupting commute rail traffic since. A definitive cause has not yet been established, but investigators indicate that cracked rails could be to blame.
And just yesterday, our structural collapse injury lawyers wrote about the collapse of the I-5 Bridge over the Skagit River near Seattle, which sent several vehicles and their occupants plunging into the river below. Click the link to read about the collapse of the I-5 Bridge over the Skagit River in Washington.
Our structural collapse injury lawyers caution that combination of aging infrastructure, increased traffic, and a poor economy that leads to lesser maintenance and replacement of aging structures creates a recipe for bridge collapse and building collapse disaster. Add to that the current trend for “light” construction based on precise, but frequently inaccurate, computer modeling, and you have structural collapse accidents waiting to happen.
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As the garment factory collapse in Bangladesh makes very clear, structural collapses can easily cause severe injuries, permanent disabilities, or death. Your ability to obtain a full financial recovery for your needless injuries from an unexpected structural collapse rests on accurate identification of the causes of the collapse and the liable parties behind those causes. Your recovery also depends upon your ability to effectively prove your case. Proof in structural collapse cases tends to be highly technical. You need an experienced structural collapse injury lawyer to help you meet your burden of proof.
Contact the veteran structural collapse injury attorneys at Denena Points, PC. We’re available at 281-369-4363 or through our online contact form. Let us put our solid track record of success and hands-on practical experience with collapse injury cases to work for you.