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3/25/2011
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SC Children's Train Wreck Leads to Death and Injuries

911 calls came streaming in after a child's train ride ended in a death and several injuries on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011.

According the Associated Press, witnesses described a bloody, chaotic scene in South Carolina (SC), where a 60 year-old train in Spartanburg's Cleveland Park veered off its tracks and fell off a bridge, causing one six year-old boy's death. 28 other people were injured, many of them children, and had to be carried away in stretchers for medical treatment.

Several witnesses stated the train seemed to speed up considerably after its third lap around the park. The ride, which opened a week ahead of schedule due to warm weather, was supposed to have been checked for speed by a state inspector the previous Wednesday. However, the inspector stated after the crash that he had not checked the train's speed because its battery was dead. The inspector was later fired.

When a tragedy that involves a child's death occurs, the act causing the accident is sometimes preventable. The responsible party here may be the inspector-had he checked the train for speed the way he was supposed to, a great deal of people may have been spared heartache. His behavior and all others who could have avoided this train wreck should be looked at. The victims deserve to be compensated, for the wrongful death of the child, as well as for any medical treatment or pain and suffering that other victims had to endure.

If you or someone you love was injured in an accident, contact our accident attorneys for a free consultation.
 
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About the Editors: The North Carolina and South Carolina personal injury attorneys with Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton represent car accident, trucking crash, medical malpractice, wrongful death, brain and head injury, and railroad injury/FELA clients in the Tar Heel State and the Palmetto State.

We have an office at 101 E. Elizabeth Street, Elizabeth City, NC, and you can contact us there by dialing (252) 562-0303 or (800) 752-0042.

In terms of North Carolina personal injury cases, we serve clients in Elizabeth City, Edenton, Raleigh, Durham, Rocky Mount, Roanoke Rapids, Greensboro, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Halifax, Northampton, Greenville, Goldsboro, Havelock, Kinston, New Bern, Tarboro, Wilson, Ahoskie, Currituck, Camden and the Outer Banks towns of Nags Head, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Manteo, Corolla, Currituck and Dare.

For clients in South Carolina, we are prepared to help injury, wrongful death and accident victims in Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Summerville, Orangeburg, Columbia, Florence, Greenvile, Anderson, Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Clemson, Darlington and any other SC town, city or county.

We also maintain the following free resources for anyone with a personal injury law concern:the Best Guide to Car Accident Injuries in North Carolina, information for victims of car accidents in Elizabeth City, information for victims of car accidents in Greenville, information for victims of car wrecks in Rocky Mount, information about truck accidents in North Carolina, information for victims of medical malpractice in North Carolina, and information for victims who suffered a traumatic brain injury in their accident.  

Our lawyers hold licenses in North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), Virginia (VA), West Virginia (WV), Kentucky (KY), Florida (FL) and Washington, DC, and we have litigated injury cases throughout the Eastern United States with co-counsel. Two of of our attorneys have been listed among the Best Lawyers in North Carolina and America since 2010 and our law firm has been recognized as a "Best Law Firm" in North Carolina for personal injury law since 2010 by U.S. News & World Report.

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