One Liberty University Freshman Student Died in a Train Accident

A freshman student from the Liberty University just died from a train accident in Amherst County, Massachusetts.

The 18 – year old Hannah Williams died after she was struck by a train near Lynchburg, Virginia, where she attended Liberty University to pursue a career in government and journalism.

According to reports, last November 17 at around 10:45 in the evening, Hannah Williams and her three other friends were stargazing on the train trestle along River Road in Madison Heights, Virginia when a train bounded north struck them.

Williams was struck by the train and died while the two others were able to jump to a nearby piling and the other one hung down below the rail track through his arms.

The four survivors were brought Lynchburg General Hospital where they were treated for the personal injuries. One of them was seriously injured from falling through the trestle and is currently in critical condition.

In behalf of the school, the Liberty University President, Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr., expressed his condolences to Williams’s family and to their four injured students. According to the school president, Hannah Williams was a great student. She is a great loss not only to her family but also to the school institution.

Williams’ mother is now in deep sorrow. It was a very quick tragedy. In a glimpse, all her daughter’s plans for a bright future not only fell into pieces but totally ended. She never even imagined before that she would loss her precious daughter in a very tragic way – in a train accident.

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Truck Driver Trying to Leave the Scene of a Truck Accident – Ticketed

While helping a stranded motorist at a highway near Syracuse, a state police officer was killed after being hit by a tractor trailer.

According to reports, the accident occurred at around 11 o’clock, early afternoon of November 20. The 53 – year old police officer Todd Young was seen helping a driver in an eastbound lane of Interstate 90. Allegedly, Young was struck by the tractor trailer driven by the 40 – year old Kurt R. Brown from Herkimer, New York.

Brown was working for a towing service in Mattydale, New York and during the truck accident, he was about to load a wrecked vehicle onto his truck according from the investigation. He was employed by Estes Express of Syracuse.

Though the good Samaritan police officer got killed from the said truck accident, Brown was only ticketed for unsafe lane change which led to a fatal accident.

Last year, over 500,000 trucks and other commercial vehicles were involved in vehicle accidents in New York with more than 100,000 people sustained serious personal injuries and more than 5000 people died in truck accidents. This is relatively large numbers compared to only 3200 recorded deaths resulting from truck accidents in 2009.

Apparently, road accidents involving trucks in New York is rapidly increasing. Authorities should implement a strict maximum speed level and other traffic rules and regulations as motorists often disregarded the same probably due to slack surveillance from traffic enforcers.

Serious personal injuries could have been avoided if only motorist and traffic authorities coordinate with each other regarding the traffic rules and regulations. Truck accidents could be more fatal than any other vehicle because of its huge and heavy equipments. Therefore, it should be given with more proper attention by the authorities.

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Securing Evidence in a Slip and Fall Accident

Slip and fall accidents can cause severe injuries and even death. There are actually four kinds of slip and fall accidents:

• Trip and fall accidents – it is when foreign object caused the accident.
• Stump and fall accidents – it is when an impediment caused the accident.
• Step and fall accidents – it is when an unexpected failure or hole in the ground caused the accident
• Slip and fall accidents – it is when the connection of the shoe and the floor fails.

Under Tort Law, Slip and fall is a claim based upon one’s slipping and falling. It is a damage and founded on a demand on the property owner’s negligence, letting some risky conditions to exist on the premises that can cause slip or trip.

A victim of slip and fall accident should provide evidence which led to the accident. Apparently, to an injured person, the first thing that comes into our mind is their condition of health and of course the last thing is to preserve the proof.

However, there is nothing more valuable than a photo taken right at the very moment of the slip and fall accident. Photographs of a slip and fall accident are very crucial pieces of evidence that will bolster your claim.. A person without having any photos to show during trial could lead to a further argument against them. Your slip and fall lawyer can absolutely agree on that

Even if you think that taking photos of one of your unforgettable or should I say embarrassing moment may bring shame or humiliation to your personality, well, in such situation, forget about shame, think of your self as well as your health condition. By all means, have someone to take pictures on your while you were prostrated in pain and embarrassment.

In any case for personal injuries, accident scene taken photographs may be the best evidence you bring in any court or tribunals.

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