The family of a Kansas woman killed in the Amtrak train derailment last month in northern Missouri has filed a lawsuit.
58-year-old Rachelle Cook of DeSoto was one of four people who died after the train hit a dump truck at a rail crossing near Mendon. Missouri on June 27th. The Southwest Chief hit a dump truck that had stopped on the crossing. Three people on the train were killed along with the dump truck driver.
Cook’s family filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway and others over her death and injuries to her mother and her daughter. The suit argues that BNSF should have known the crossing posed a grave danger due to the angle of the tracks.
[ photo – Missouri State Highway Patrol ]
