The family of 71-year-old Christina Lopez filed the lawsuit against Metra, BNSF Railway Company, Del's Moving, and moving truck driver Sabrija Cubic.
-- A family filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday on behalf a woman who died after being ejected from a Metra train that hit a truck in Clarendon Hills last month.filed the lawsuit against Metra, BNSF Railway Company, Del's Moving, and moving truck driver Sabrija Cubic.
The speeding train was caught on video plowing into the moving truck. The video was taken by Tom Szurgot from a car waiting at the crossing. Bells are heard and red lights are flashing, but the truck is poised under a partially-lowered crossing gate.First, two people are seen getting out of the truck as the Metra train sounds its horn. Then, the Metra train plows right into the truck, also demolishing the crossing gate and taking down overhead wires.
Specifically, Metra is accused – among other things – of failing to recognize track hazards and slow speed at Prospect Avenue crossing and inform train operators about conditions there. Metra is also accused of failing to apply sufficient brake power at the crossing, and to apply emergency brakes after it became clear the truck was not heeding the warning signals.
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