Driver of truck in accident that killed NS conductor pleads not guilty
Driver of truck in accident that killed NS conductor pleads not guilty
By | April 29, 2023Man faces vehicular manslaughter charge from March 7 grade-crossing death in Cleveland
CLEVELAND — The driver of a dump truck involved in a Cleveland grade-crossing accident that killed a Norfolk Southern conductor has pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter.
WOIO-TV reports driver Ryan Hundley entered the plea Thursday in an appearance in Cleveland Municipal Court. Bond was set at $10,000.
The March 7 accident occurred shortly after 1 a.m. at a grade crossing on the grounds of the Cleveland Cliffs steel plant. Conductor Louis Shuster was killed when struck by the dump truck as he rode a tank car during a shoving move at the plant; the preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report indicates the truck and train entered the crossing at the same time [see “Train, truck entered grade crossing simultaneously …,” Trains News Wire, March 22, 2023].
Shuster’s death, along with the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and other incidents, led the NTSB to announce a special investigation into Norfolk Southern safety practices later in the same day as the fatal accident [see “NTSB launches special investigation …,” News Wire, March 7, 2023]. The Federal Railroad Administration subsequently announced its own review of the railroad’s safety practices.
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