Amtrak, BNSF file suit against dump truck owners from train derailment
Amtrak and BNSF Railway have filed a lawsuit against the employer of Billy Barton II, a trucker who died in a deadly train derailment near Mendon, Missouri.
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Amtrak and BNSF Railway have filed a lawsuit against the employer of Billy Barton II, a trucker who died in a deadly train derailment near Mendon, Missouri.
An Amtrak passenger train was going about 87 mph (140 kph) when it collided with a dump truck at a rural Missouri railway crossing, killing four people,
Amtrak and BNSF Railway claim a Missouri company that owned and operated the dump truck involved in the crash was negligent.
Attorneys for Erin Barton, widow to Billy Barton II, filed the suit Wednesday in Chariton County Circuit Court.
The lawsuit is against a BNSF supervisor and Chariton County