[PRCo] Re: Baltimore LRV Accident

[Ken and Tracie]

As you most likely know, Fred, people staging accidents with CTA buses and 
then neighborhood people getting onboard, posing as passengers, then 
claiming injuries finally prompted both the CTA and the Chicago police to 
stage their own accidents with soon to be retired coaches as a "sting 
operation" to catch the fakers. Cops and CTA people would be onboard, posing 
as passengers. They would note who jumped onboard after the staged collision 
and uniformed officers would descend upon the scene and arrest the fakers.

This started out with people getting onboard after real accidents occurred, 
then claiming to be injured passengers. In Las Vegas, we have con men here 
who target expensive vehicles and stage accidents, trying to make the victim 
appear at fault, so they can get a large settlement from the victim's 
insurance company. They sometimes have a helper in a third vehicle.

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:50 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Baltimore LRV Accident


> For the two of you who responded, I said $3 million in property damage to 
> cover the light rail car.
>
> I made no estimate of how many fake law suits there will be from people 
> who really were not hurt but suddenly have horrendous backaches and will 
> require lifetime disability payments.