Amtrak, BNSF Hit With Wrongful Death Suit Over Derailment

By Linda Chiem ( September 29, 2021, 7:23 PM EDT) -- A passenger whose husband died in Saturday's derailment of a Seattle-bound Amtrak train filed the first wrongful death suit in Illinois federal court Tuesday alleging Amtrak and BNSF Railway Co., which owns the tracks where the accident occurred, overlooked safety hazards that could have prevented the tragedy....

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