Second lawsuit filed in Texas rail crossing crash

Published On: Dec 27 2012 08:44:35 PM CST
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DALLAS -

A widow to one of four military veterans killed when their parade float was struck by a train at a West Texas railroad crossing has filed a wrongful death suit.
   Catherine Stouffer, the wife of 37-year-old Gary Stouffer Jr., seeks unspecified damages in the suit filed Thursday in Dallas.
   It's the second lawsuit filed since a train traveling 62 mph in November struck a flatbed truck that was part of a Midland parade honoring wounded vets and their wives.
   Among the suit's assertions is that Union Pacific was negligent for failing to maintain a safe crossing.
   Raquel Espinoza, a Union Pacific spokeswoman, expressed sympathy to the family but said in a statement that investigators confirmed the crossing signals worked properly at the time.
   The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.

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