Retain a Metro Buses Attorney for Your Metro Bus Accidents

In addition to personal automobiles and the metro rail system, many Los Angeles residents ride the Metro Local Bus to get from place to place. Public transportation is a huge expansive system in Los Angeles County and There are 18,500 stops on 189 bus lines in the Metro Local system alone. These Metro buses are a familiar sight to Los Angeles residents due to their sheer number and bright orange color on southern Californian roadways. Additionally, the metro system serves on average, 1.6 million people a day.

Sadly, this system is not without flaw and many Metro bus accidents and personal injuries have been caused by the Los Angeles Metro Bus system. Many accidents involve several injuries, whiplash, personal harm, or in extreme cases, death.

Take, for example the following Metro Bus Accidents Examples:

- June 1, 2003, a 20-year-old woman pushing her bicycle died Saturday when she stepped off a curb and into the path of an MTA bus, police said.The bus was heading east on Adams Boulevard and making a right turn onto Figueroa Street about 4:40 p.m. when the unidentified woman was struck, said Jose Ubaldo, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

- MTA bus kills man. May 27, 2007. A fatal accident in the heart of downtown has caused some traffic troubles: A man was struck and killed today by a Metro bus in downtown Los Angeles, authorities said. Paramedics sent to the 500 block of South Spring Street at 11:49 a.m. pronounced the man dead at the scene, said d’Lisa Davies of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The circumstances of the death were under investigation.

- June 7, 2007, A Metro bus and two other vehicles collided Thursday in the South Robertson area of Los Angeles, leaving two people with injuries, authorities said.

Regardless if you are young or old, ride Metro Dash or Metro Local buses, you may be at risk for serious personal injuries. Bus accident injuries can range from laceration from glass, broken bones, head trauma, whiplash, and other injuries. Metro Bus may be held responsible for your personal injuries and medical expenses, and may be required to pay for your pain and suffering or lost wages.

If you or someone you know has been involved in a Metro Bus accident or Metro Local Bus crash, please contact Los Angeles personal injury attorneys at Ehline Law before the statute of limitations expires and you give up your rights to sue Metro bus!.

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