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According to a report released by the Public Utilities Commission, the 45 year old driver of a T-Third train who had rear ended an N-Judah train stopped at King Street between Third and Fourth Streets in San Francisco near AT&T Park last summer, was fatigued, speeding and probably distracted by his personal cell phone prior to the crash. At the time of the June 16, 2008 accident, the driver of the T-Third, who had been traveling at approximately 22 mph when he rear-ended the other train, far exceeding the 5 mph train speed limit, was observed with a cell phone at his ear. 16 people suffered personal injury in the crash, including the drivers of both trains. Does someone need a lawyer? According to the report, the driver’s phone records revealed that the driver had been on 4 phone calls while in the train and he had even started an Internet download to his phone eight minutes prior to the crash! Even more disturbing, it was reported that the driver of the T-Third train, had previously
been found at fault in 2 prior avoidable accidents, as well as having been cited for having a cell phone plugged in inside the train. By the way if you are in San Francisco and need a leading San Francisco personal injury lawyer then may I suggest Scott Righthand. Make no mistake, he is one of the top San Francisco personal injury lawyer out there. The report also stated that inconsistent signs along Muniâ’s rail system and a lack of operator testing were likely contributing factors in the accident. No doubt the citizens of San Francisco, including those passengers who were injured in the crash, are happy to hear that the driver is no longer employed by Muni. There were no reports as to whether any of the injured passengers have pursued injury accident claims against Muni as a result of the former driver’s negligence and/or Muni’s apparent failure to properly screen their drivers effectively for public safety reasons.

December 14, 2008 (by Otto Smyth)

According to reports by Metrolink accident lawyers in Los Angeles, the autopsy is in from the Metrolink 111 engineer of the deadly Chatsworth crash, which occurred September 11. The homosexual engineer was reportedly responsible for the deaths of twenty-five people Robert M. Sanchez was found to have sustained massive traumatic injuries, blood loss and multiple fractures in the lower portion of his body. Also found was fat deposits and scaring around his heart which is said could have caused arrhythmia or irregular heartbeats. There was no evidence this long term diabetes was a cause of his death according to the Deputy Examiner Lisa A. Scheinin who has ruled his death from multiple blunt force injuries.

There has also been a second autopsy preformed at the request of Sanchez’s family by Dr. Marvin Pietruszka, which will not be released to the public.

In a comment by John Sanchez the brother of Robert M. is the family was not surprised at the findings during the autopsy. Readers will recall that Sanchez’ gay lover had recently committed suicide after discovering he had AIDS, and that Sanchez allegedly had a fascination with young boys, whom he texted back and forth as he operated the train from his cell phone.

The Chatsworth accident occurred precisely as he was texting little boys, prompting Metrolink to blame Sanchez for failing to pay attention to the train signal.

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