Church Bus Crash In Lake Arrowhead Kills Driver, Seriously Injures 10 Others

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Posted on 23rd February 2011 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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Here’s more proof that buses should have seatbelts.

A bus taking teenagers home from a weekend religious retreat in California collided head-on with an SUV on a twisting mountain road, tumbling down an embankment in an accident that killed one man and left nearly a dozen others injured, according to The Los Angeles Times.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bus-crash-20110222,0,6752356.story

The horrific accident Monday took place near Lake Arrowhead on California 189. The bus, owned by a Korean church in Pasadena, was making a hairpin turn on that two-lane highway when it struck an oncoming SUV.  The bus hit a utility pole, according to The Times, and fell an estimated 25 feet onto a group of trees. The bus came to a stop right before a stream.

There were 22 passengers, most teenagers but also adult chaperones, on the bus. It did not have seatbelts. The driver of the bus, Won Sae Chae, 61, of Los Angeles was killed, pronounced dead at the scene. He was driving the bus for the Light of Love Mission Church.   

The Times reported that the San Bernadino County coroner had issued a statement saying that Chae, a tour bus driver who voluntered for his church on weekends, had lost control of the bus as he drove around a curve, going into the oncoming lane and hitting the SUV.

Rescuers had to cut out and remove bus seats in order to get to some passengers, according to The Times.

Some of the survivors had to be hospitalized, with several air-lifted by helicopter. Ten of them were in critical condition. 

Greyhound Bus Driver Losses Arm In Wreck With Logging Truck

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Posted on 1st December 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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A Greyhound bus driver lost an arm earlier this week in an accident on I-95 in Dorchester County, S.C., according to published reports. 

http://www2.counton2.com/news/2010/nov/30/11/breaking-major-greyhound-bus-accident-bus-slams-lo-ar-1152723/

The Greyhound bus, on its way to New York from Orlando, Fla., hit the back of a logging truck near St. George shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday. The driver was pinned inside the bus for almost two hours following the accident.

The highway patrol closed I-95 as it tried to get the driver out of the bus. There had been 33 passengers on the Greyhound, and 13 of them were hurt in the crash. They were taken to two hospitals.

The man driving the logging truck was uninjured.

Authorities had hoped to be able to transport the bus driver to the hospital by helicopter, but it was too windy to do that.   

 

 

 

One Killed In Northwestern Wisconsin Bus Crash

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Posted on 15th November 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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 A driver was killed last Friday when his vehicle crashed into a school bus in northwestern Wisconsin, according to several published reports.

The fatal accident took place about 7 a.m. Friday morning on Wisconsin 87 not far from 280 Avenue, roughly 15 miles from St. Croix Falls.     

 http://www.twincities.com/ci_16601268?IADID=Search-www.twincities.com-www.twincities.com&nclick_check=1

Fortunately, there were no children on the school bus at the time of the accident. The bus driver only sustained minor injuries.

According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the bus driver told police that the other vehicle crossed the center line of the highway and then hit the bus.

The school bus was retained by the Grantsburg school district.

    

Tour Bus Wreck Leaves Two Dead In Northwest Arizona

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Posted on 17th October 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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Two people died and others were hurt when a tour bus crashed in northwestern Arizona Sunday morning.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/06/22/20100622arizona-tour-bus-crash.html

The accident, which only involved the bus, took place on Pierce Ferry Road near the town of Meadview, which is in Mohave County.  

The wreck is under investigation.

Ths bus, which was en route to the Grand Canyon from Las Vegs, had a driver and 11 passengers when it went off the road and then rolled over a couple of times, according to The Arizona Republic.

Passengers with the most serious injuries were airlifted to Sin City, while others sent to Kingman Regional Medical Center.Mwetn res y     

Tour Bus Driver Dies In Washington, D.C., Crash

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Posted on 4th October 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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A tour bus driver was killed last Wednesday when his vehicle, with 11 children and adult passengers, hit a metal guardrail and fell down an embankment on Interstate 270 in Washington, D.C., according to The Washington Post.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/29/AR2010092907619.html

 The bus was on its way from a trip to Washington when it had its rush-hour accident, which killed driver Joseph Clabaugh Jr., 66, of Hanover, Pa. The bus rolled 45 feet down a hill, also injuring its passengers, but  only two seriously, according to The Post.

The bus crash also lead to a second accident that involved two cars, and one of the passengers in those cars was hospitalized.

The tour bus group, which was from Carlisle, Pa., had visited the National Zoo and the Smithsonian Museums and was on its way home.

 The tour bus was owned by Wolf’s Bus Lines of York Springs, Pa., which runs charter trips to Washington and to other sites in the Mid-Atlantic.   

 

Double-Decker Bus Driver Was Using GPS When He Hit Bridge Near Syracuse

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Posted on 17th September 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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Driver distraction has been a hot topic this year, and it may be to blame for a double-decker bus crash that killed four people in central New York last weekend.

Authorities said that bus driver John Tomaszewski, 59, of Yardville, N.J., was using his own GPS device before his Megabus hit a low railroad bridge early last Saturday morning in Salina, a suburb of Syracyse, in Onondaga County, according to the Associated Press.  

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gMBEIoWGH5H-X-VHY-Oc70YNv8SwD9I8IPE80

The bus driver, who sustained a head injury in the accident, told officials that he listening to the audio on his GPS when his 13-foot-1-inch high bus failed to pass through bridge’s low span, which was 10-feet-9-inches, AP reported.

Tomaszewski’s actions were against his bus company’s policy. Coach USA, which operates Megabus, doesn’t allow its bus drivers to use any GPS device while driving. Each bus does have its own GPS system, so that the company can track it, but that device isn’t supposed to be used by drivers for directions.

The double-decker bus had departed from Philadelphia on Friday en route to Toronto, with stops in Syracuse and Buffalo. It had 29 passengers including the driver, who made a wrong  turn off an interstate highway and then hit the bridge.

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is investigating the accident.

The fatal crash in Salina was not so unusual for the Empire State. There has been a spate of trucks hitting overpass in New York. 

That prompted New York Gov. David Paterson, according to AP, to propose a bill last October that mandates that large commercial trucks use GSP devices  to keep then routed away from low overpassses. But it wasn’t known if that bill included buses, or what the legislation’s statue is. 

  

Four Hurt When Church Bus Hits Pick-Up Truck In Palm Beach

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Posted on 13th September 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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 An accident where a church bus ran into a pick-up truck left four people injured, one seriously, in Palm Beach., Fla. 

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/4-injured-1-seriously-as-church-bus-hits-911655.html?cxntcid=breaking_news

The crash took place around 2 p.m. Sunday, at Federal Highway and South Eighth Avenue.  An occupant of the pick-up truck was taken by helicopter to Delray Medical Center, according to The Palm Beach Post. And another person who was in the truck was also injured.

There were 21 people on the bus, and two of them were hurt in the accident.

 

Four Killed When Double-Decker Bus Slams Into Bridge Near Syracuse

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Posted on 12th September 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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Four people were killed when a double-decker bus hit a railroad bridge in New York State shortly before dawn Saturday. http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/officials-bus-crashes-near-syracuse-ny-4-dead/19629990

In addition to the fatalities, there were also several passengers seriously hurt in the Megabus accident. The bus had been loaded with 28 passengers as well as the driver. who authorities believe may have made a wrong turn off a highway.

The bus struck a bridge on the Onondaga Lake Parkway in the Syracuse suburb of Salina at 2:30 a.m. Saturday. The bus was too high to make it through the low railroad bridge. 

The accident killed four people, three men and a young woman. Four others, including the driver, John Tomaszewski, 59, of New Jersey, were seriously hurt. The driver sustained head injuries, but was still able to speak to investigators.

The Megabus was coming from Philadephia en route to Toronto, with stops in Syracuse and Buffalo.

Safety Investigators Complete On-Site Probe Of Fatal Gray Summit Bus Crash

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Posted on 16th August 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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The National Transportation Safety Board has completed its on-site probe into an Aug. 5 crash involving two buses and two trucks, killing two teenagers outside of St. Louis.

http://www.kplr11.com/news/ktvi-ntsb-wrapsup-investigation-fatal-bus-accident-081310,0,5339571.story

Eight investigators left Gray Summit last Friday to return to Washington. The group completed inspections of the buses, semi cab, and pick-up from the accident, and interviewed witnesses.

 The investigators also studied the layout of I-44 and warning signs leading up to a construction zone on I-44.

It could take as long as a year before the NTSB  releases its findings on the deadly accident that claimed the lives of a 15-year-old from St. James, Mo., and a 19-year-old from Sullivan, Mo.

Six Killed In Greyhound Bus Crash In Fresno, Calif.

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Posted on 22nd July 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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Six people were killed and more than 30 injured in a Greyhound bus crash early Thursday morning on Highway 99 in Fresno, Calif., according to press reports. The dead included the bus driver. 

http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Six-dead-in-Greyhound-Bus-crash-at-Highway-99-and-McKinley-Ave-99012474.html

The bus was going from Los Angeles to Sacramento on Highway 99 when it suddently encountered a disabled vehicle at about 2 a.m. A Chevy Trailblazer had flipped over in a single-vehicle accident. The bus veered to avoid hitting the SUV, and instead struck a car and went off the road.

The bus then hit a concrete center divider and then a eucalyptus tree, and stopped. This all took place at the McKinley Avenue off-ramp.   

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/six-dead-in-greyhound-bus-collision-near-fresno.html

Five people were dead inside the bus, which carried 47 passengers, and one died later at a hospital, according to the Los Angeles Times. It also reported that four other people suffered major injuries and were in critical condition and six had minor injuries. 

Police closed the northbound lanes of Highway 99 at Olive Avenue as they went on with their investigation.

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