{"id":6060,"date":"2013-06-01T05:25:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T12:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/?p=6060"},"modified":"2013-06-01T05:25:54","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T12:25:54","slug":"metro-north-railroad-worker-killed-while-working-on-tracks-in-west-haven-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/6060\/metro-north-railroad-worker-killed-while-working-on-tracks-in-west-haven-ct\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro-North Railroad Worker Killed While Working on Tracks in West Haven, CT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST HAVEN, CT &#8212; A railroad worker was killed on May 28, 2013 by a southbound commuter train while working on the tracks near the Metro-North station in West Haven.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6062\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/west-haven-ct-metro-north-station.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6062\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6062\" alt=\"View of the Metro-North station in West Haven, CT where a railroad worker was killed on May 28, 2013 by a southbound commuter train heading for New York.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/west-haven-ct-metro-north-station.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/west-haven-ct-metro-north-station.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/west-haven-ct-metro-north-station-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the Metro-North station in West Haven, CT where a railroad worker was killed on May 28, 2013 by a southbound commuter train heading for New York.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->The railroad worker was identified as 52 year-old Robert Luden, from East Haven, CT, who had been employed by Metro-North for 27 years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6064\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/west-haven-ct-railroad-worker-killed-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6064\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6064\" alt=\"Map shows location of the Metro-North station in West Haven, CT where a railroad worker was killed by a commuter train bound for New York on May 28, 2013.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/west-haven-ct-railroad-worker-killed-map.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/west-haven-ct-railroad-worker-killed-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/west-haven-ct-railroad-worker-killed-map-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map shows location of the Metro-North station in West Haven, CT where a railroad worker was killed by a commuter train bound for New York on May 28, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The accident happened around 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 only a few miles out from the station in New Haven. The train had left the station in New Haven at 11:53 a.m. and was heading towards Grand Central station in New York when the accident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The West Haven station was under construction at the time and was nearly finished.<\/p>\n<p>The incident remains under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Blog post by Gordon &#038;amp Elias, a FELA lawyer and <a title=\"Connecticut railroad injury lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/CM\/FELA\/Connecticut-FELA-Overview.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"> Connecticut railroad injury lawyer<\/a> who publishes train accidents and FELA legal news from across the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST HAVEN, CT &#8212; A railroad worker was killed on May 28, 2013 by a southbound commuter train while working on the tracks near the Metro-North station in West Haven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166,302],"tags":[215,301],"class_list":["post-6060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut-railroad-news","category-metro-north","tag-connecticut-fela-lawyer","tag-connecticut-railroad-injury-lawyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6060","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=6060"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6072,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6060\/revisions\/6072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}