Washington, DC - Officials said that a small locomotive hit a commuter train at Union Station on Thursday, February 7, knocked the rear wheels of the train off the track and injured seven people.
If you have been physically hurt by something that another person did, either deliberately or through carelessness, then you have suffered a personal injury, as lawyers say. Lawyers who handle mainly personal injury cases are commonly known as personal injury lawyers (or PI lawyers.)
In the United States during 2003, 1,591 children ages 14 years and younger died as occupants in motor vehicle crashes, and approximately 220,000 were injured. That's an average of 4 deaths and 602 injuries each day (NHTSA 2004a)