Nev. Judge Ordered Amtrak Crash Evidence Protected
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A judge in Reno, Nev., handling the first lawsuit in a deadly Amtrak crash has issued an order prohibiting the destruction or disposal of any evidence related to last week's fiery collision between a truck and a passenger train.
Washoe County District Judge Connie Steinheimer approved the order Wednesday. It was requested by lawyers for an Amtrak employee who was injured when the driver of a semi-trailer truck slammed into the side of the train about 70 miles east of Reno on Friday.
The truck driver and five people on the train died.
The Chicago-based Amtrak employee, Alexandria Curtis, has filed a negligence suit against the driver's employer, John Davis Trucking Co. of Battle Mountain.
Company officials say it is cooperating in the investigation.
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