Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Transportation Safety Law — National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Releases Preliminary Details About Near-Collision Amtrak Derailment

As the Chicago Tribune recently reported, an Amtrak train that derailed this past Sunday in southwest Michigan, injuring nine passengers in the process, came within a mere 21 feet from colliding with a parked freight hopper car in the process. In a chilling near-miss story, the train (which departed from Chicago en route to suburban Detroit) was…