{"id":4480,"date":"2012-06-12T12:13:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T19:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/?p=4480"},"modified":"2013-04-03T15:11:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T22:11:36","slug":"bnsf-train-collides-with-tanker-truck-near-paine-air-field-in-everett-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/4480\/bnsf-train-collides-with-tanker-truck-near-paine-air-field-in-everett-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"BNSF Train Collides With Tanker Truck Near Paine Air Field in Everett Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EVERETT, Wash. \u2013 Emergency responders and clean-up crews responded to a BNSF train and tanker truck collision near Paine Field at Everett, Washington on Monday, June 11, where a tanker truck trailer was knocked on its side, spilling fuel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4490\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4490\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4490 \" title=\"everett-wa-tanker-truck-and-train-collision-aerial-view\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/everette-wa-tanker-truck-and-train-collision-aerial-view.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/everette-wa-tanker-truck-and-train-collision-aerial-view.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/everette-wa-tanker-truck-and-train-collision-aerial-view-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of railway crossing on Boeing property in Everett, WA that was the site of a collision between a tanker truck and a BNSF train on June 11, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->Gus Melonas, a spokesman for BNSF, said there were no reports of injuries and no fire occurred as a result of the accident.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4492\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4492\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4492 \" title=\"everett-wa-tanker-truck-and-train-collision-map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/everette-wa-tanker-truck-and-train-collision-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/everette-wa-tanker-truck-and-train-collision-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/everette-wa-tanker-truck-and-train-collision-map-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map showing location of tanker truck and train collision on June 11, 2012 at a rail crossing on Boeing property in Everett, WA just north of Highway 526 and east of 40th Ave.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The accident occurred about 10 a.m. Monday morning at a private crossing on Boeing property. Melonas said that two locomotives were moving about 5 miles per hour while flashers and bells were activated at the crossing.<\/p>\n<p>When the truck drove through the crossing, the train hit the trailer, knocking the tank on its side and spilling aviation fuel.<\/p>\n<p>The incident remains under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Source: FOX NEWS<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Published by Gordon &#038;amp Elias, a FELA lawyer and <a title=\"railroad injury lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">railroad injury lawyer<\/a> blog that publishes train accidents and FELA legal news from across the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVERETT, Wash. \u2013 Emergency responders and clean-up crews responded to a BNSF train and tanker truck collision near Paine Field at Everett, Washington on Monday, June 11, where a tanker truck trailer was knocked on its side, spilling fuel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,3,185],"tags":[136,191,249],"class_list":["post-4480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bnsf-railroad","category-railroad-worker-injuries","category-washington-railroad-news","tag-railroad-injury-lawyer","tag-washington-fela-lawyer","tag-washington-railroad-injury-lawyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4480"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5610,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4480\/revisions\/5610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}