This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Mother of 22-year-old Ontario resident, who died due to a collision with a passenger train at a railway crossing almost two years ago, Sharon Jobson, was astonished to receive a notice asserting that she is being sued by CN Rail. Mrs. Jobson alleged that the notice informed her of a $500,000 lawsuit filed by the railway company in lieu of the damage and delays caused by the fatal crash. Furthermore, she revealed that papers were served on Tuesday, which was the second anniversary of her son’s death.
The incident incurred on July 29, 2011, when John Jobson failed to halt his pickup truck and ended up colliding with westbound Via train near Glencoe, west of London, Ont. The accident concluded in his death, along with injuries to six passengers on the train. Mrs. Jobson claims that having to recall the time of her son’s death made her feel completely devastated. She stated that “I got the doorbell around noon and he just pushed the papers at me and said that I was being served for my son not stopping at the railway crossing.”
The lawsuit filed by CN Railway claims that John expressed extreme negligence and is to be held accountable for the collision as he failed to stop at the crossing despite a warning sign and the train sounding its whistle. A report of Transportation Safety Board also concluded that John had was at fault for failing to stop at the crossing, though it also added that the buildings located near the railway crossing also made it difficult for him to notice the train in advance of the crossing.
Just a few facts…the crossing in question had two tracks, MTO ruling states that any crossing with two working tracks to be fitted with lights and gates, this crossing was not. The young man dcomment_ID stop for the first train, he then proceeded into the crossing, unaware that a second train was approaching in access of 78mph. This train was equipped with an outdated INADEQUATE horn…as well, the overgrown vegetaion prevented the driver AND the train from seeing each other. Oh, and by the way, CN posted a 9 billion dollar profit last year. I personally have had my fill of Railway companies blaming others for their mistakes…just look at Lac-Megantic