Bus Accidents
Category RSS FeedTrucker on cell phone crashes into school bus, kills a child
A Florida truck driver admitted that he was on his cell phone yesterday when he slammed into a school bus, killing a 13-year-old student. According to a report by Austin Miller of the Ocala Star-Banner, the school bus, which had stopped to let children off , had its warning lights on and stop signs out. … Continue Reading
Tour bus seat belt legislation blocked … again
Forty years after NTSB recommended requiring seat belts on buses, the industry has again blocked legislation to require them.
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Dump truck hits school bus in Kentucky, kills student
Dump truck – school bus crash in Kentucky highlights safety issues in two realms.
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Bus safety article in Arizona Republic quotes your truly
A few days ago, Arizona Republic reporter Robert Anglen called me out of the blue to talk about the lack of seat belts in buses, following a crash in Utah that killed nine passengers. Here’s what he wrote about our conversation:
Georgia lawyer Ken Shigley, who specializes in bus and truck accidents, says that approach is … Continue Reading
Florida bus accident illustrates need for seatbelts in buses
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Standards in the U.S. do not require buses to have either seat belts (except for the driver) or laminated glass in side windows that would prevent passenger ejection. If the manufacturers spent as much on safety as they do on lobbyists, a lot of lives could be saved. Almost anywhere else in the world, the same buses would have seat belts for all passengers.
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Bus accidents highlight lax safety enforcement
Two recent crashes of buses transporting Hispanic immigrant passengers highlight problems in safety of charter and tour buses, particularly those providing low-priced transportation for that market segment.
Investigation of a recent Capricorn Bus Lines crash in Victoria, Texas, revealed that the company has been cited 19 times in the past three years for issues ranging from incomplete driver log … Continue Reading
Truck-bus collision in NC injures 50
A Greyhound bus and a tractor-trailer collided Wednesday near Henderson, NC. The bus plunged down an embankment and overturned, injuring at least 29 people. The bus was traveling from Richmond, Va., to Raleigh on U.S. 1 when it collided with the tractor-trailer as a tractor-trailer ahead of it made a turn and the bus failed … Continue Reading
Bus safety legislation introduced
The Bluffton University baseball team bus crash last March in Atlanta has led to the introduction of bipartisan legislation in Congress to tighten motor coach safety rules. Introduced by U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R., Texas), the proposed the Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2007 would require:
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New series of articles on Bluffton U bus crash
The Middleton (Ohio) Journal is running a series on the Bluffton University baseball team bus crash in Atlanta last March. I am privileged to be part of the team of lawyers representing the baseball team members and families. This case raises serious and far reaching questions about both highway design and bus safety.
Bus accident in Atlanta kills 2, injures 2
In yet another crash that highlights the lack of inadequacy of bus safety standards, two people were killed and two critically injured Saturday evening after a small charter bus hit a median wall and utility poles on I-85 southbound between the Monroe Drive and Buford Highway exits. Two occupants were thrown from the bus into … Continue Reading
