The bus, which was transporting a group of elder hostel visitors, was struck by a car that turned in front of it north of Lake Placid. The tourists were part of a South Florida Community College program.
In the crash on U.S. 27 passengers were thrown from the bus and were thrown around the inside of the vehicle. As we said in our last blog:
Bus accidents are a perfect storm for brain injury because none of the safety devices which have made cars safer are typically found on buses. Buses usually have no seatbelts (even if they do they are almost only lap belts) and no airbags. Further, buses are exempt from other safety mandates which apply to cars.
For more on the process of brain injury and the necessary interventions to properly avoid a worse result, see http://subtlebraininjury.com
Attorney Gordon Johnson
Chair Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, American Association of Justice
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