10 workers to sue Shell over bus-train accident
Ten passengers on a bus that was hit by a train at the Shell Oil Co.'s Deer Park plant earlier this week are suing the company, claiming an unguarded railroad crossing posed an unreasonable risk of harm. The passengers, all employees of AltairStrickland, filed suit Thursday in a Harris County district court. They, along with about 30 other AltairStrickland employees, were riding in a school bus from a satellite parking lot to inside the 1,500-acre Shell facility Tuesday morning when the collision occurred. Aside from Shell, also named in the lawsuit are Port of Houston Authority International Corp., operators of the engine involved in the collision, and Brand Scaffold Builders LLC, which operated the bus.
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