Foundation is important to any structure or piece of equipment. In a motor vehicle, that foundation is the tire. The below story raises the issue of tires. Too many accidents that do have a responsible wrongdoer, are written off as not actionable, because no one considered the responsibility of the seller or installer of the tires.
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Date: 8/11/2008 12:33 PM
By KEN RITTER
Associated Press Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) _ Tire failure may have caused a casino worker shuttle bus crash that injured 29 people, a Nevada Highway Patrol officer said Monday.
It’s still early in the investigation, but officers have found evidence of tread separation on the left front tire of the full-sized bus, Trooper Kevin Honea said.
Three people remained in critical condition Monday at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, including the driver, said spokeswoman Tammy McMahan.
Herbst Gaming Inc. president Ferenc Szony said there were 33 employees on the chartered bus when it crashed Sunday night on Interstate 15 about eight miles south of the Las Vegas Strip. The bus was shuttling the workers to Las Vegas from the state-line town of Primm.
Wheels and suspension components were ripped from the bus and strewn across the highway, he said.
A casino bus also was involved in an accident Sunday in Mississippi that killed three people and injured more than 30.
The bus belonging to Harrah’s Tunica was carrying 43 people when it overturned at an intersection in Tunica, authorities said. Rain was falling at the time but Mississippi Highway Patrol Sgt. Leslie White would not speculate on the cause of the wreck.
In Texas, 17 people have died as a result of a wreck on Friday that involved a chartered bus. Authorities said that vehicle’s right front tire blew out and had been retreaded in violation of safety standards. Inspectors also looking at the vehicle’s mechanical systems.
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29 injured in Las Vegas bus crash
Date: 8/11/2008 1:40 AM
LAS VEGAS (AP) _ A bus crash south of Las Vegas has injured 29 people, four critically, after their employee shuttle swerved off the interstate and slammed into the center divider.
Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin Honea (HUH-knee) says the bus wheels and undercarriage were ripped from the vehicle and strewn all over the I-15 at about 7 p.m. Saturday.
No other cars were struck by the debris and no other injuries were reported.
Honea says the employee shuttle bus was carrying about 31 passengers.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) _ A bus crash south of Las Vegas has injured 29 people, four critically, after their employee shuttle swerved off the interstate and slammed into the center divider.
Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin Honea (HUH-knee) says the bus wheels and undercarriage were ripped from the vehicle and strewn all over the I-15 at about 7 p.m. Saturday.
No other cars were struck by the debris and no other injuries were reported.
Honea says the employee shuttle bus was carrying about 31 passengers.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
Cease-work order for companies linked to Texas bus crash
Date: 8/10/2008 6:43 PM
By ANDRE COE and ANA LEY
Associated Press Writers
SHERMAN, Texas (AP) _ Companies linked to a bus that crashed in Texas and killed 17 people pose an “imminent hazard” and must cease commercial operations, federal officials said Sunday, shortly after authorities took another bus out of service in Missouri because it failed an inspection.
Inspectors found the other bus operating in Carthage, Mo., said National Transportation Safety Board spokeswoman Debbie Hersman. It was registered to Iguala BusMex Inc., the unlicensed company that also owned the bus in the Texas crash.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued its cease-operations order to Iguala BusMex and Angel Tours Inc., of which Angel De La Torre is owner and president. A second order issued to him finds that his “activities in connection with motor carrier operations pose an ‘imminent hazard’ to the public.”
Angel Tours’ voicemail system was full Sunday and not accepting new messages.
The bus in the Texas crash mashed into a guardrail and skidded off a highway early Friday at Sherman near the Oklahoma border, killing 12 people at the scene and five others who died at hospitals.
The passengers, most of them from three Vietnamese Catholic congregations in Houston, were traveling to Missouri for an annual religious festival.
Authorities have also released the driving record of the bus driver, 52-year-old Barrett Wayne Broussard. Since 2001, he has been cited by police three times — once for driving while intoxicated and twice for speeding.
His license was suspended from for nearly two months in 2001 as a result of the DWI conviction in Harris County, Hersman said. His speeding violations came in 2007 and 2004. Broussard also failed roadside inspections twice in the past year, both times resulting in his vehicle being taken out of service for driver logbook violations.
Robert Accetta, the NTSB member leading the investigation, said officials were still fact-finding. An investigator will travel to Houston with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to find information about Iguala BusMex and Angel Tours.
Lt. Bob Fair of the Sherman Police Department said his agency is finishing inspections of the bus. He declined to comment on whether any criminal charges would be filed.
Authorities said the vehicle’s right front tire, which blew out, had been retreaded in violation of safety standards.
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Ana Ley reported from Houston. Associated Press writers Jeff Carlton and Matt Curry in Dallas contributed to this report.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
By ANDRE COE and ANA LEY
Associated Press Writers
SHERMAN, Texas (AP) _ Companies linked to a bus that crashed in Texas and killed 17 people pose an “imminent hazard” and must cease commercial operations, federal officials said Sunday, shortly after authorities took another bus out of service in Missouri because it failed an inspection.
Inspectors found the other bus operating in Carthage, Mo., said National Transportation Safety Board spokeswoman Debbie Hersman. It was registered to Iguala BusMex Inc., the unlicensed company that also owned the bus in the Texas crash.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued its cease-operations order to Iguala BusMex and Angel Tours Inc., of which Angel De La Torre is owner and president. A second order issued to him finds that his “activities in connection with motor carrier operations pose an ‘imminent hazard’ to the public.”
Angel Tours’ voicemail system was full Sunday and not accepting new messages.
The bus in the Texas crash mashed into a guardrail and skidded off a highway early Friday at Sherman near the Oklahoma border, killing 12 people at the scene and five others who died at hospitals.
The passengers, most of them from three Vietnamese Catholic congregations in Houston, were traveling to Missouri for an annual religious festival.
Authorities have also released the driving record of the bus driver, 52-year-old Barrett Wayne Broussard. Since 2001, he has been cited by police three times — once for driving while intoxicated and twice for speeding.
His license was suspended from for nearly two months in 2001 as a result of the DWI conviction in Harris County, Hersman said. His speeding violations came in 2007 and 2004. Broussard also failed roadside inspections twice in the past year, both times resulting in his vehicle being taken out of service for driver logbook violations.
Robert Accetta, the NTSB member leading the investigation, said officials were still fact-finding. An investigator will travel to Houston with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to find information about Iguala BusMex and Angel Tours.
Lt. Bob Fair of the Sherman Police Department said his agency is finishing inspections of the bus. He declined to comment on whether any criminal charges would be filed.
Authorities said the vehicle’s right front tire, which blew out, had been retreaded in violation of safety standards.
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Ana Ley reported from Houston. Associated Press writers Jeff Carlton and Matt Curry in Dallas contributed to this report.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
3 killed, several injured in Mississippi bus crash
It is a constant theme on this blog, but it just can’t be said often enough: How many of the injuries and deaths in this Mississippi bus crash detailed below, would have been avoided with airbags and seatbelts? If buses cost many times what a car does, why can’t they include all of the safety equipment a car has?
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Date: 8/10/2008 6:29 PM
By HOLBROOK MOHR
Associated Press Writer
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Three people were killed and several injured Sunday when a casino bus carrying a group of tourists in northwestern Mississippi overturned on its way to the airport, officials said.
The bus belonged to Harrah’s Tunica and was carrying 43 people when it flipped over in a median at an intersection in Tunica, Tunica County spokesman Larry Liddell said.
Tourists on the bus were traveling to the airport for a flight to South Carolina, where many were from, officials said.
The bus was the only vehicle involved in the accident, which was still under investigation, Mississippi Highway Patrol Sgt. Leslie White said.
The injured passengers were taken to hospitals in Memphis, Tenn., about 35 miles to the north.
Twenty-seven people were taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital, spokesman Thomas Whitehead said. One was in critical condition and five were being held for observation. The rest had what Whitehead described as minor injuries.
Messages left at Regional Medical Center in Memphis were not immediately returned.
Harrah’s Entertainment operates 50 casinos worldwide, including three in Tunica: Harrah’s Tunica, Horseshoe Casino and the Sheraton Casino & Hotel. The area along the Mississippi River in the northwest corner of the state is best known for its bustling casinos.
“At this time, we’re focusing on the health and welfare of the guests involved in this tragic accident,” company officials said in a statement. The company set up a telephone hot line to give information and assistance to relatives of the crash victims.
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Harrah’s bus crash information line: 1-800-946-4946
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Date: 8/10/2008 6:29 PM
By HOLBROOK MOHR
Associated Press Writer
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Three people were killed and several injured Sunday when a casino bus carrying a group of tourists in northwestern Mississippi overturned on its way to the airport, officials said.
The bus belonged to Harrah’s Tunica and was carrying 43 people when it flipped over in a median at an intersection in Tunica, Tunica County spokesman Larry Liddell said.
Tourists on the bus were traveling to the airport for a flight to South Carolina, where many were from, officials said.
The bus was the only vehicle involved in the accident, which was still under investigation, Mississippi Highway Patrol Sgt. Leslie White said.
The injured passengers were taken to hospitals in Memphis, Tenn., about 35 miles to the north.
Twenty-seven people were taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital, spokesman Thomas Whitehead said. One was in critical condition and five were being held for observation. The rest had what Whitehead described as minor injuries.
Messages left at Regional Medical Center in Memphis were not immediately returned.
Harrah’s Entertainment operates 50 casinos worldwide, including three in Tunica: Harrah’s Tunica, Horseshoe Casino and the Sheraton Casino & Hotel. The area along the Mississippi River in the northwest corner of the state is best known for its bustling casinos.
“At this time, we’re focusing on the health and welfare of the guests involved in this tragic accident,” company officials said in a statement. The company set up a telephone hot line to give information and assistance to relatives of the crash victims.
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Harrah’s bus crash information line: 1-800-946-4946
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
54 hurt when school buses collide in N.Y.
Date: 07/25/2008 11:59 PM
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. (AP) _ Police say 54 people suffered minor injuries when two school buses collided on Interstate 95 in New York’s Westchester County.
It’s not clear how many victims are children or how many are hospitalized after Friday’s collision. Sgt. Richard Logerfo says at least some of the injured were taken to hospitals.
State police Sgt. John Maasz says the collision resulted in “a lot of injured people, mostly bumps and bruises.”
Logerfo did not immediately have information on the buses’ starting points or destinations. The buses crashed in the Port Chester area around 3 p.m.
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PORT CHESTER, N.Y. (AP) _ Police say 54 people suffered minor injuries when two school buses collided on Interstate 95 in New York’s Westchester County.
It’s not clear how many victims are children or how many are hospitalized after Friday’s collision. Sgt. Richard Logerfo says at least some of the injured were taken to hospitals.
State police Sgt. John Maasz says the collision resulted in “a lot of injured people, mostly bumps and bruises.”
Logerfo did not immediately have information on the buses’ starting points or destinations. The buses crashed in the Port Chester area around 3 p.m.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
Several New Jersey teens injured in Utah bus crash
Date: 07/17/2008 06:18 PM
PANGUITCH, Utah (AP) _ A tour bus went off a state highway near Bryce Canyon National Park, landing upside down in a creek bed and catching fire.
The Utah Highway Patrol says several of the 47 New Jersey teenagers aboard the bus were taken to hospitals with minor injuries. The bus also was carrying a half-dozen chaperones from Laine, N.J.
Highway Patrol spokesman Cameron Roden says the teenagers were injured from the rollover, not the small fire that broke out on the bus.
The bus was headed through Red Canyon, a gateway to the national park, when it went off the road Thursday.
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PANGUITCH, Utah (AP) _ A tour bus went off a state highway near Bryce Canyon National Park, landing upside down in a creek bed and catching fire.
The Utah Highway Patrol says several of the 47 New Jersey teenagers aboard the bus were taken to hospitals with minor injuries. The bus also was carrying a half-dozen chaperones from Laine, N.J.
Highway Patrol spokesman Cameron Roden says the teenagers were injured from the rollover, not the small fire that broke out on the bus.
The bus was headed through Red Canyon, a gateway to the national park, when it went off the road Thursday.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
Another Kentucky Bus Wreck
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.
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.
One Dead, 22 Hurt in Mojave Desert Bus Accident
We say it in almost every blog, but the lower standard of safety in bus design and enforcement, appears to be responsible for at least one death and 22 injuries in Ludlow, California, on May 17, 2008.
The accident was a one vehicle crash, where the bus tipped on its side. The fatality was a woman who was thrown from the bus. Eight others were seriously injured. The bus is owned by Royal American Tours and Charter of Glendale. For full details on the story, click here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2c2933%2c356509%2c00.html
According to Fox News:
While the full investigation hasn’t yet been completed, two major areas of inquiry would be whether the woman was wearing a seatbelt and how many hours the bus driver had been driving, before the accident. It is unlikely this woman would have been thrown if she was wearing a seat belt.
This type of accident, with the vehicle just drifting across lanes of travel before leaving the roadway, is highly suspicious of a driver who had fallen asleep.
If in fact no one on board was wearing a seat belt, we are very concerned about the potential for all on board, even those who are not in critical condition for suffering a brain injury. This type of unrestrained motion, with a bus flipping on its side, is guaranteed to have bodies flying in multiple directions. Any time the motion in a motor vehicle accident involves directs and angles that are not straight forward and back, the exposure to brain injury goes up exponentially. Even those who were not seriously injured, should be evaluated daily for potential memory, headache, dizziness or other brain injury symptoms.
The accident was a one vehicle crash, where the bus tipped on its side. The fatality was a woman who was thrown from the bus. Eight others were seriously injured. The bus is owned by Royal American Tours and Charter of Glendale. For full details on the story, click here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2c2933%2c356509%2c00.html
According to Fox News:
The bus was the only vehicle involved in the wreck on Interstate 40, about 115 miles southwest of Las Vegas, said San Bernardino County Fire Department spokeswoman Tracey Martinez.
“It did not roll over but it did land on its side,” she said.
Witnesses said the bus drifted across lanes and into the median, Officer Taj Johnson of the California Highway Patrol said.
While the full investigation hasn’t yet been completed, two major areas of inquiry would be whether the woman was wearing a seatbelt and how many hours the bus driver had been driving, before the accident. It is unlikely this woman would have been thrown if she was wearing a seat belt.
This type of accident, with the vehicle just drifting across lanes of travel before leaving the roadway, is highly suspicious of a driver who had fallen asleep.
If in fact no one on board was wearing a seat belt, we are very concerned about the potential for all on board, even those who are not in critical condition for suffering a brain injury. This type of unrestrained motion, with a bus flipping on its side, is guaranteed to have bodies flying in multiple directions. Any time the motion in a motor vehicle accident involves directs and angles that are not straight forward and back, the exposure to brain injury goes up exponentially. Even those who were not seriously injured, should be evaluated daily for potential memory, headache, dizziness or other brain injury symptoms.