Prior MM&A derailments, brake problems went unreported
Canadian investigators found that the Hermon-based Maine, Montreal & Atlantic Railway did not report 20 derailments and two runaway train incidents that took place in Canada prior to a July 6 derailment that caused 47 deaths in Lac Megantic, Quebec.
The Portland Press Herald reported the Canadian Transportation Safety Board’s probe of internal incident reports from the railroad won’t result in fines or sanctions, but the agency is clarifying its reporting rules for incidents determined to result in no major injuries or damage.
Daniel Cohn, the Boston-based attorney representing the victims’ families, told the newspaper the law is irrelevant to the lawsuits because the railroad has already acknowledged liability for the Lac-Megantic deaths.
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