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Worn truck brakes, truck driver error cause NV Amtrak wreck killing 6

miriam-teamA tractor-trailer truck pulling two trailers slammed into an Amtrak passenger train at a crossing on U.S. Highway 95 in Nevada in June 2011 and embedded itself in a rail car. A fire broke out that consumed two railcars. More than 12 people received injuries and 6 people died in the truck crash, including the truck driver, an Amtrak conductor, and 4 passengers.

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The NTSB’s Conclusions from its Investigation regarding the Fatal Amtrak and Truck Crash

An NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) panel has concluded from its investigation into the tragedy that poorly maintained truck brakes and an inattentive truck driver with a record of speeding violations caused the fatal train wreck. Our Houston accident attorneys point out that the panel also said that the weakness of the Amtrak train’s rail car walls contributed to the injuries and fatalities from the truck crash. 43-year-old Larry Valli was the fatally injured truck driver.

(Sources: Associated Press, Scott Sonner, 12/11/12; Miriam Team, NTSB.gov)

Continue to Part 2 for a discussion of the truck driver’s record, the truck owner’s negligence, and the NTSB’s recommendations from this accident.