There already have been several lawsuits involving Monday’s deadly collision between a dump truck and an Amtrak train near northern Missouri’s Mendon. Kansas City’s KMBC-TV reports it’s becoming clear that the courts will also be deciding who was at fault. KMBC reports the widow of dump truck driver Billy Barton II has filed a lawsuit …
NTSB remains on-scene at northern Missouri train derailment site
State troopers say four people are now dead and 150 others injured, following Monday’s collision between an Amtrak train and a dump truck near northern Missouri’s Mendon. That’s 80 miles northwest of Columbia. The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) 14-member team is at the derailment site, and they say the train hit the tail end …
NTSB remains on-scene at northern Missouri train derailment site
State troopers say four people are now dead and 150 others injured, following Monday’s collision between an Amtrak train and a dump truck near northern Missouri’s Mendon. That’s 80 miles northwest of Columbia. The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) 14-member team is at the derailment site, and they say the train hit the tail end …
Archery legislation heard by Missouri House committee
A mid-Missouri state lawmaker who’s an archery instructor for 4H wants to see archery designated as Missouri’s official state sport. A House committee heard testimony on the legislation from State Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Bunceton) Wednesday in Jefferson City. Representative Taylor testified before the House Special Committee on Tourism. Taylor’s two-sentence bill, House Bill 1672, notes that …