Multiple parties can be held responsible for a train accident in New York. Several entities have been mandated with ensuring that trains are kept safe for both passengers and other motorists. This means that accidents involving trains that are as a result of negligence will cause the responsible parties or their insurance providers to be held liable for the arising damages.
For example, if an engineer is distracted, then they may not be able to effectively slow the train in time when approaching a sharp turn or when passing through a railway crossing resulting in an accident. On the other hand, the motorist in the car can be held responsible if they ignored crossing signals and attempted to pass across the tracks when they weren’t supposed to.