An shigar da kara na farko a cikin hatsarin jirgin kasa na Amtrak

Lauyoyin balaguron balaguro na kasa a Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC a yau sun shigar da abin da ake kyautata zaton shine karo na farko a madadin wani fasinja da ya ji rauni a hadarin jirgin kasa na Amtrak a ranar Litinin a Mendon, Missouri.

Koken dai ya yi zargin sakaci wajen kera hanyar layin dogo wadda ba ta da muhimman abubuwan tsaro kamar fitulun gargadi da kofofin da aka yi amfani da su sama da karni guda. Har ila yau korafin ya yi zargin cewa jirgin ya yi sama da fadi da shi ne sakamakon yanayin motocin shanu.

Ƙorafi da yawa akan waɗanda ake tuhuma Amtrak, BNSF Railway, da MS Contracting, LLC, Inc., sun shigar da kara a Kotun Gundumar Amurka don Gundumar Gabashin Missouri, sun yi cikakken bayani game da raunin jiki da na tunanin da Janet Williams ta samu, na Dubuque, Iowa, wanda ke dawowa gida daga ziyarar iyali a New Mexico lokacin da aka jefo ta ba zato ba tsammani daga wurin zama, kayan da aka buge ta, wasu fasinjoji suka murkushe ta yayin da motar jirginta ta juye gefenta.

Lauyan kare lafiyar layin dogo, Robert J. Mongelluzi, shugaban SMB, ya ce bayan shigar da karar, “Amtrak, ma’aikacin jirgin, da BNSF, mai kula da hanyoyin, sun kasa yin amfani da na’urorin kariya na tsallaka layin dogo kamar fitulun gargadi da tsallakawa kofofin. . An ba da haƙƙin farko na ƙofofin shiga layin dogo a ranar 27 ga Agusta, 1867. Abin takaici ne cewa waɗannan waɗanda ake tuhuma ba su yi amfani da waɗannan na'urori masu sauƙi, masu inganci da rahusa waɗanda ke ceton rayuka sama da shekaru 150 ba.”

Abokin SMB Jeffrey P. Goodman, shugaban kungiyar kararrakin kararrakin hadarin jirgin kasa na kamfanin, ya kara da cewa, “Kamar yadda muka fada a cikin shigar da karar na yau, da gangan Amtrak ya cika wannan jirgin kasa a birnin Kansas ta hanyar barin karin fasinjoji a cikin jirgin, wanda Amtrak ya san ba shi da wuraren zama. . Karin fasinja da jakunkuna sun haifar da cunkoson motocin shanu tare da sanya dukkan fasinjojin cikin hatsari.” Goodman ya kara da cewa, "ko da yake muna ci gaba da yin cikakken bincike kan dukkanin musabbabin wannan bala'in, amma ya bayyana a matakin farko cewa cunkoson motocin jirgin kasa ne mai matukar muhimmanci ga lafiyar Amtrak, wanda za a iya ganin illar da ya haifar da muggan raunuka. mutuwa.” 

Mista Badman ya lura da cewa gishiri na Mondeluzi & Bendesyy PC ya riga ya yi luka harkar kwatocin kwarewar karatun duniya da suka faru, masu aiki, masu ba da hatsarori kantin sayar da kayayyaki. Lauyoyin da ke wakiltar Misis Williams sun ce har yanzu tana cikin kaduwa daga lamarin, amma ta tuna a fili, kafin a tsaya a birnin Kansas, sanarwar da ma’aikatan jirgin suka yi cewa jirgin na cike da cunkoson jama’a, kuma fasinjojin za su mamaye duk wani fili. ciki har da cafe da motocin kallo. Mai ba su shawara shine Greg G. Gutzler, na DiCello Levitt Gutzler na Chicago.

Lauyoyin shari'a na Philadelphia Mongeluzzi da Goodman sun kasance daga cikin manyan lauyoyi a cikin bala'o'i masu yawa da suka hada da 2015 na Amtrak Train 188 wanda ya kashe mutane takwas; Rikicin 2021 na jirgin kasa na Amtrak a Montana wanda ya kashe mutane uku, da kuma wasu munanan hadurruka a South Carolina, Pennsylvania, da New Jersey. Sun ba da shawarar akai-akai don haɓaka amincin jirgin ƙasa, gami da Ingantaccen Tsarin Jirgin ƙasa (PTC), ingantattun hanyoyin ketare, da motocin dogo masu aminci, waɗanda za su inganta rayuwar hatsarori. Baya ga gogewar da suka yi na wakiltar wadanda abin ya shafa a cikin jirgin kasa, Mista Mongeluzzi da Mista Goodman a da su ne manyan lauyoyin wadanda abin ya shafa a nutsewar wani jirgin ruwa mai suna Stretch Duck Boat 07 a Branson, Missouri a 2018 wanda ya kashe mutane 17.