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GENERAL RULES IN CASE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION

Generally speaking, when one is in an accident involving a motor vehicle, there are certain rules of thumb to follow:

• Do not give a recorded or written statement.
• Take photographs of the property damage and have them developed at once. Take photographs at the scene with your cell phone to show the property damage in the street and where the cars end up after the initial impact and collision before you move your car. Do not use a Polaroid.
• Do not sign anything without a lawyer reviewing it first!
• Do not discuss any matters concerning your injuries with the at-fault insurance company. You are under no obligation to give this information and should discuss nothing but the damage to your car and the need for a rental car or “loss of use” compensation. Remember to be on guard for the clever insurance adjuster who may try to trap you into giving an incomplete statement. Simply do not discuss the accident with the claims adjuster.

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The train car that slammed into the back of another on Washington’s Metro system, killing nine people, was an older model that U.S. safety investigators had called for replacing or overhauling 13 years ago.

The car “telescoped” in the accident during the evening rush hour yesterday, Debbie Hersman, a National Transportation Safety Board member, said today at a press conference. The front end of the car was sheared off.

The board, which is investigating the deadliest accident in the Washington system’s 33-year history, had advised Metro that cars of that type would crumple in a crash after a January 1996 collision between two trains that killed a train operator. The agency recommended that Metro improve its rail cars’ crashworthiness.

NTSB investigators on the scene of yesterday’s accident will review the train operators’ phone and texting records and examine the track and signals, said Hersman, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the safety board’s chairman.

“We don’t know at this point whether or not the operator could have seen the train ahead of them in time to stop,” she said. “We’re going to be conducting a thorough accident investigation.”

Washington’s Metro, run by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, is the second-largest U.S. heavy-rail transit system after New York City’s subway, according to the American Public Transportation Association.

Have you been injured in a Washington Car Accident, Train Accident or Truck accident? If so do yourself a favor and Contact a Washington Accident Lawyer.

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Do you know Washington Personal Injury Laws?

If a Washington accident results in an injury to you―whether physical or mental―you might be entitled to more compensation than the payout by the at-fault party’s insurance company. In fact, unless you specialize in tort law, you might not realize either how difficult your injury might make things for you―or the extent of your right to be paid for your trouble.

An experienced Washington Personal Injury lawyer will make it much simpler for you to get money in your pocket and fully compensated for your Washington personal injuries.

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The Kornfeld Law Firm handles clients with major personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, car-pedestrian-bus collisions and accidents with trucks, construction and maritime injuries and other serious injury claims.

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