More Than Eighty Washington, DC-Area Families Are Reeling From the Trauma of the Metro Accident.
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Dozens of lives were disrupted in those few seconds on June 23 when two DC Metro trains collided. Passengers were injured and killed and the lives of their families turned upside down. If you or a loved one were involved, we can help put your life back in order.
We have the knowledge and experience it takes to navigate the legal maze you’re facing. We can help file medical claims, get appropriate care for your mental and physical pain, and take the steps to return to normal life.
As experienced advocates for victims of serious accidents, we know the toll trauma takes on victims and their families. Long after the media attention fades, your lives will still be affected. Too often, families like yours aren’t properly represented and suffer long-term financial pain due to the ongoing impact of injury or death.
If you or your loved one was injured in the DC Metro accident, your focus is where it should be—on healing and recovery. We will manage the legal and financial details for you in the coming months. Call the toll-free Metro Train Accident Hotline for a no-cost legal consultation — (877) 274-8672.
We’ll handle your case with compassion and act as your advocate as you rebuild your lives. Our legal team has extensive experience acting on behalf of grieving families to protect their futures after an accident.
This DC-area tragedy affects us all, but the greatest pain is being suffered by you, the victims and families of the Metro accident. We extend our sympathies, and our assistance, as you piece the details of your lives back together.
How Our Team is Already Helping Victims of the Crash
As you read this, our team is already working to ease the suffering of victims of the DC Metro accident. We’re reaching out to the victims and their families even now, easing the impact of this devastating tragedy on their lives.
We’ve called together our entire legal team to meet the emergency needs of those affected by the accident. Our accident recovery specialists know that being proactive after a catastrophe helps lessen its impact on the victims and their families.
Our attorneys understand what’s necessary to support and protect accident victims. Our team is dedicated to assist you with the following. Coordinating filing of medical claims, Expediting payment of funeral expenses, Arranging for emergency funds to cover lost wages and unexpected needs, Acting as liaison with Metro legal staff and media, Gathering evidence to be used in future legal action.
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Transportation Safety Board
"The emergency brake button, known as the 'mushroom' was depressed, and the rails show that the brakes were engaged"
Metro Sources
"The first two cars of that train were two months overdue for scheduled maintenance of some braking components."
More Information Regarding The Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board has found that the oncoming train had its emergency brake button pressed and brakes engaged at the time of the collision, the Washington Post quotes NTSB member Debbie Hersman as saying on Wednesday. The train also had its automated protection system on, and computers should have regulated its speed and prevented the crash.
A leading senator on transportation issues, Jay Rockefeller, said he was surprised to learn after Monday's crash that the NTSB can make recommendations to improve transit safety but doesn't have oversight authority, nor does the Federal Transit Administration.
In Washington, Metro rail officials blame money. The system has 296 rail cars that were built more than 30 years ago, and it hasn't had enough money to cover the estimated $888 million needed to replace them, spokeswoman Candace Smith said.
"There's no authority to tell them they've got to run a safe train," said Rockefeller, D-W.Va., chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. But the agency's chief, John Catoe, said the system's trains were safe.
"Any crash at that rate of speed will have severe damage to the structure," Catoe said of Monday's crash, in which one train sped into the rear of another train that had stopped on the track. Metro has long pleaded for more funding to ensure the system's safety. The transit network is supported by the District of Columbia, Maryland and the Virginia jurisdictions that it serves. House Democratic Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland said Congress might consider providing more money to modernize Washington's subway system if it turns out that a funding shortage was a contributing factor in Monday's deadly rush-hour crash that killed at least nine people.
