Family Sues Over Railroad Worker’s Death
The family of a railroad employee who was killed in an explosive train crash Feb. 1 filed a $20-million wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the railroad company, brake manufacturers and chemical firms that produced the materials being transported on board.
Former USC football star Kevin Williams was working as a brakeman when a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train carrying highly flammable chemicals plunged off the tracks in the Cajon Pass, killing him and the conductor.
Williams’ family says the railroad company failed to omit a car with faulty brakes from the freight train. The suit also alleges negligence in the manufacturing of the brakes and improper transportation of hazardous chemicals.
Railroad officials said they had no comment.
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