Topic: news
this article only shows the well known bus accidents, one other one that i know of is the accident on w. dodge street in omaha involving a seward bus that accident killed 3 students and one adult....the blog that i will post after this will let you go to a site where you can watch simulations of the crash from different angles.
Deaths, injuries in past bus accidents
By CAROL DeMARE, Staff writer
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First published: Wednesday, August 30, 2006
More than 20 years ago, a speeding Greyhound bus carrying 30 passengers smashed into the rear of a truck on the Thruway near Kingston, killing three people and injuring 21.
The crash on Jan. 21, 1983, was called the worst bus accident in the state in more than 10 years. The bus was heading to Montreal from New York City and was in the right lane, as was the truck, State Police said.
Troopers said the bus was traveling at about 75 mph when it plowed into the rear of the truck which was going 60 to 65 mph. The impact crushed one-third of the bus.
In February 1999, another Greyhound bus heading to Montreal from New York City hit a patch of ice and overturned in a Northway median, about 10 miles south of Plattsburgh, injuring 26 of the 35 passengers on board.
The driver, from Brooklyn, told police the bus fishtailed on the icy road and he lost control. It careened down the center median, spun around and flipped onto its side.
In February 2004, a Canadian charter bus rammed into the back of a tractor-trailer at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on the Northway in Essex County, injuring 55 people. The Canadian driver failed to stop when he approached a line of cars at the checkpoint.
And, in January 2005, a charter bus carrying members of a Canadian junior hockey team collided with a tractor-trailer in western New York, splitting the bus in half.
The bus rear-ended the truck, which was parked on the shoulder of Interstate 390, about 27 miles south of Rochester. The truck driver, who was outside his rig, and three bus passengers were killed.
then there was the Oct. 16 crash.
The accident occurred when a charter bus slammed into Kozlowski's overturned semi on I-94 near Osseo. The bus was filled with 44 students, teachers and chaperons from Chippewa Falls High School returning from a marching band competition in Whitewater. The crash killed five and injured 29.
and now---Monday, aug, 28th, 2006 bus crash near new york....cause still unknown. bus rolled twice into median--killing 5 people including the driver.