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The police in Cary, North Carolina have reported that an Amtrak passenger train struck and killed a man along its railroad tracks near East Chatham and Trinity Roads early last Saturday morning. Evidently the Wake County man whom Cary police describe as in his late 30’s had died at the scene on the tracks.
According to Sergeant Gazaway, who had responded to the accident, Amtrak’s engineer saw the man walking along the rail tracks prior to striking the man. Cary police do not know exactly why the man was walking the tracks as of this hour. They speculate that he may have had a death wish. The railroads always claim that it was suicide when anyone gets killed by them at a crossing or on its tracks.The Amtrak train was headed away from Raleigh towards the west at the time of the accident.
In many cases large railroad companies such as Amtrak attempt to keep their accidents and rates of death or injury to pedestrians or passengers of its rail cars away from public scrutiny. It is not so unusual to find a representative of the company, in this case Amtrak, attempting to settle with a victim or victim’s family outside of court prior to them having a chance to seek legal counsel of their own for advice. Many times accepting these arrangements without adequate representation is not in their best interests.
If you or a loved one has been hurt, injured or even killed by a train or railway company such as Amtrak, and then seek a legal representative immediately. A competent attorney will advise you of your rights and what your options are in seeking proper compensation for your loss.
About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a law firm which focuses on injury and accident law and we have experience handling FELA and general railroad injury cases. Check out our case results to see for yourself. Our law firm has offices in Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC) and Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA). Our attorneys have handled thousands of railroad injury and FELA cases. We would love to send you one of our FREE reports about railroad injury and FELA cases, including the Do’s and Don’ts When Injured at a Railroad – The Railroad Workers FELA Rights and What Railroad Claim Agents Agents Won’t Tell You (But You Must Know). Our lawyers hold licenses in NC, VA, SC, WV, KY and DC. We are ready to talk to you by phone right now—we provide free initial confidential injury case consultations, so call us toll free at 1-800-752-0042. Our injury attorneys also host an extensive injury law video library on Youtube . In addition, our lawyers proudly edit the Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard, as well as the Virginia Beach Injuryboard and Norfolk Injuryboard as a pro bono public information service.
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Rick Shapiro and Jim Lewis have been recognized as Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010, an honor fewer than 5 percent of attorneys received. Our attorneys have also been listed among the Best Lawyers in America for Injury Law since 2008. Overall, our North Carolina injury law firm have been recognized as one of the Best Injury Law Firms in North Carolina for personal injury plaintiffs since 2010 by U.S. News & World Report.
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