A man and his two children were killed on the evening of June 6, 2008 when their vehicle was hit by a train in Broward County, Florida.

According to investigators, the train was en route to Miami from Palm Beach and it carried about 200 passengers. None of the passengers were injured in the accident.

A nearby lake was inspected by divers to determine if there were additional fatalities. None were found.

The investigators have determined that the car was not stopped on the train tracks and that the traffic signals were working properly.

Train wreck attorneys are working on cases in which train accidents have resulted in fatalities and injuries due to negligence.

Unlike Florida lawmakers, Massachusetts lawmakers are refusing to shield CSX, a railroad company, from liability in the event of a passenger train wreck. Florida lawmakers agreed to the liability terms set by CSX in a $491 million deal.

Both states are in the process of negotiations with CSX Transportation to buy tracks for government run commuter rails. Florida’s proposed rail system would cover about 61 miles in Orlando. In exchange, CSX would transport freight during slow commuter times.

CSX wants both Florida and Massachusetts to accept “no-fault” liability provisions, which means that the states would take responsibility for any passenger train wreck that occurs on CSX tracks, even if the wreck is caused by negligence on the part of CSX.

The Massachusetts Lt. Governor Timothy Murray called the provision unreasonable.

Since Florida accepted the terms, Florida taxpayers are now responsible for paying for any injuries to passengers or damages to the trains in the event of a train wreck.

The “no-fault” provision is part of a larger deal in Florida, where the state would buy $491 million worth of tracks that would extend CSX freight operations into Polk County.

Currently, train wreck attorneys are working on cases that involve the serious or fatal injures incurred during a train wreck caused by the negligence of another.

On March 18^{th the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a commuter train crash that killed two maintenance workers last year was caused by human error. The train wreck occurred in Woburn, Massachusetts on January 9, 2007. The safety board said that the wreck was caused when the train dispatcher failed to provide proper signaling. In addition, the work crew did not use the safety shunts that would have warned the train that a work crew was in the vicinity.}

The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board stated that the train wreck was caused by the failure of several railroad employees to follow required safety procedures. The board criticized the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad for not ensuring that the safety procedures were being followed.

Immediately after the train wreck occurred, the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad began working with the National Transportation Safety Board to strengthen safety procedures to prevent any future accidents.

The train wreck occurred after the dispatcher mistakenly allowed a train to proceed on a section of track that was being worked on. Earlier trains had been directed to parallel tracks.

Drug tests determined that drugs or alcohol did not play a factor in the train wreck.

Train wreck attorneys are currently working on cases in which serious injury or death has resulted from the negligence of another.