Nineteen Injured in Houston Train-Bus Accident-Texas Injury Lawyers
At least 19 people were injured in an accident involving a Metro bus and light rail train in downtown Houston yesterday. It was the second accident involving a Metro bus and train in just over a month. What is even more staggering is that the second accident has occurred at the exact same intersection where the first bus-train crash occurred in February.
Click here to see a video of the crash footage: 3/15/10 Metro Crash
In yesterday’s accident, a Metro bus that was heading westbound on St. Joseph Parkway struck a light-rail train, that was heading northbound on Main. Nineteen people, including two Metro employees, have been injured in the accident. Fortunately, none of the injuries are reported to be life-threatening, but most of the passengers had to be taken to the hospital. The Metro employees union is now calling for a complete and thorough investigation of the second accident. Metro has responded with an assurance that it will be looking into whether the traffic signals at Main and St. Joseph Parkway are functioning properly. However, Metro announced today that according to their preliminary investigation, Debra Lynn Harrison, the driver of the Metro bus, was at fault for the accident. In fact, the investigation has shown that the light for Ms. Harrison was red for at least 10 seconds before she ran through the light.
The first crash that occurred on February 8th has been linked to the bus driver running a red light. The driver insists that the light was green at the time, and the union has supported him. That incident is currently under investigation, and Houston accident lawyers are still waiting for the results of that probe.
Metro needs to find out if there are issues with the traffic signals at the intersection. If these are functioning properly, then human error is likely to have been a factor here. These also need to be investigated thoroughly, union issues notwithstanding.
As Houston personal injury lawyers, we believe the safety of the thousands of passengers who use these trains and buses everyday must be paramount. We need to encourage mass transit use in Texas if we want to cut down our dependence on foreign oil. That isn’t going to happen if there are accidents like the one here.
If you have been injured in a bus, train, car or truck accident, contact the Husband & Wife Legal Team of Jennifer and John Kahn at the Kahn Law Firm today for a free consultation at 713-226-9900.
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