In an odd string of coincidences, there have been a string of bus accidents recently with some connection to Kentucky. Last month it was a bus full of school kids on their way to church camp from Lexington, KY involved in a crash. A young boy in the other vehicle later died from his injuries.
Yesterday, an Illinois charter bus crashed near Bowling Green, Kentucky, off I-65. While the rash of school bus accidents which occupy this blog during the school year has of course quieted down with the summer vacation, it is charter buses, with a whole different group of issues that are making headlines. See the Bowling Green Daily News article at http://bgdailynews.com/articles/2008/07/06/multimedia/sound_slides/801crash.txt
With long charter trips, the issue of fatigue (especially when being driven by those who are not experienced over the road drivers) becomes a major issue. While there are strict rules (and somewhat reasonable compliance) for over-the-road truck drivers, these charter trips, often don’t comply with such rules. The drivers may be school bus drivers or volunteers. Fatigue is one of the most serious risk factors in all traffic situations as even if a driver doesn’t fall asleep, fatigue can affect them in similar ways as alcohol. See http://semi-accident.com/fatigue.html Fatigue is being investigated in Sunday’s wreck.
Attorney Gordon Johnson
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Another Kentucky Bus Wreck
Posted on 7th July 2008 by gjohnson in Uncategorized
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