Truck company linked to I-95 crash had similar fiery incident in 2015

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Its parent company paid $62,650 last year to settle a series of violations related to the mishandling of hazardous materials, including breaches of regulations related to driver training and tanker truck safety.

, gave little comment at that time. Two different company representatives said they were not allowed to speak when reached by reporters this week.

That TK Transport wasn’t authorized to transport across state lines concerned Bob Mongeluzzi, a Philadelphia lawyer with Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky who has handled transportation-related liability cases, including other trucking cases and the 2015 Amtrak derailment in the city. Less surprising, Mongeluzzi said, was information from the FMCSA that TK Transport vehicles and drivers had not been subject to inspections for at least the past two years, according to federal records.

Depending on the circumstances that caused the crash, Moody’s family could potentially sue TK Transport if the driver was an independent contractor and not directly employed by the company. “The problem, and I’ve had this because I’ve handled a multitude of fire cases, they can be incinerated,” Mongeluzzi said.

 

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