Train Crashes

About this episode

David Farrier discusses train crashes and the legal implications with a guest who works at a law firm representing victims.

In this week’s Flightless Bird, David talks to a woman who’s been working at a law firm for over a decade that represents motorists who get hit by trains. How is this a full time job? Well, there are around 1300 train derailments in the US every year - 3.5 per day. Since 1975, those derailments have killed 467 people, 12,500 people maimed along the way. Then there are all the incidents of trains hitting cars, mostly at railway crossings. Last year, trains hit cars 1,870 times. 247 people died in the process - and 623 were injured. The year before that, even more people died being hit by America’s trains. David talks survival tips, and tries to get to the bottom of why this is happening. LINKS: Upcoming Flightless Bird live shows: 3/29 in Salt Lake City at the Depot https://bit.ly/flightlessSLC 4/2 in Austin at Emo's https://bit.ly/flightlessATX 4/4 in Dallas at the Texas Theatre https://bit.ly/flightlessDFW Join us for bonus episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/flightlessbird Contact us with your feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David Farrier

Guest: woman

Topics covered

• train crashes
• law
• safety
• accidents
• interviews
• survival tips

Keywords

• train derailments
• law firm
• accidents
• survival tips
• US trains
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: law firm

Places: US, Salt Lake City, Austin, Dallas

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