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Truck Company Faces Huge Fine For Train Crash

A Nevada trucking company could be forced to pay more than $5.5 million if a judge formalizes a jury verdict that found one of its drivers caused a crash with an Amtrak train in 2011.  A federal jury in Reno awarded $4.5 million to Amtrak and $210,777 to Union Pacific Railroad for damages resulting from John Davis Trucking Co.'s negligence.

The crash occurred when one of its trucks slammed into the passenger train at a rural crossing 70 miles east of Reno. The truck driver and five people on the California Zephyr were killed.  U.S. District Judge Howard McKibben has stayed the formal execution of the judgment until Sept. 29 to consider awarding attorney fees and prejudgment interest to the railroad companies
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Jay Bartos joined Nevada Public Radio in 1993 to develop and manage the state’s first radio reading service for people unable to use standard printed material due to blindness or another disability. After the reading service was discontinued in 2011, he became the afternoon host on KNPR for ten years. Jay can now be heard on air on News 88.9 KNPR and Classical 89.7 KCNV throughout the week.