Authorities to Audit Maryland Company Involved in Rail Accident

Federal regulators and Maryland state police are planning a “top-to-bottom” review of the safety record of a waste-removal company owned by a trucker who was seriously hurt this week when a CSX freight train hit his truck at an unmarked crossing, the Baltimore Sun reported.

The company, Alban Waste, had been flagged in the past for safety violations, the newspaper reported Friday.

John Alban Jr., who owns the company and was driving the truck, remained in serious condition Thursday, following Tuesday’s accident near Baltimore, which caused 15 railcars to derail, the Sun said.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and state police plan a “top-to-bottom compliance audit” of the company, and the National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating the accident, the Sun reported.