- Craig Cherry | June 09, 2007 6:37 AM | Waco, TX
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
On Friday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law legislation passed by Congress that requires all Texas school buses purchased on or after September 1, 2010 to be equipped with three-point lap and shoulder seat belts for passengers. Additionally, all charter (motorcoach) buses used by Texas schools to transport school children on or after September 1, 2014 must also be equipped with three-point...
- Craig Cherry | February 21, 2007 9:43 PM | Waco, TX
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ruled that a lack of oversight by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was partly to blame for the deaths of 23 bus passengers that occurred on September 23, 2005 near Dallas, Texas. The bus, operated by Global Limo Inc., was carrying passengers who were fleeing the Texas Gulf Coast due to approaching Hurricane Rita. A rear wheel of...
- Craig Cherry | August 02, 2007 5:54 AM | Waco, TX
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
The family of 12-year old Cody Shively sued the manufacturers of a school bus he was riding in back in January of this year when it was involved in a crash. Cody suffered severe brain and eye injuries as a result of not being properly restrained during the crash event.A video camera inside the bus captured Cody and other school children being tossed around the bus during the crash, amidst...
- Angel Reyes | September 27, 2010 6:40 PM | North Dallas, TX
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Automobile Accidents
Eighteen people were injured in a charter bus crash early Sunday morning, according to Texas authorities. A news release by the state Department of Public Safety said, the El Conejo passenger...
- Craig Cherry | January 02, 2008 8:52 AM | Waco, TX
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
At approximately 4:10 am this morning, a motor coach tour bus operated by Capricorn Bus Lines, Inc overturned and flipped on its side while traveling on U.S. Highway 59 near Victoria, Texas. At the time of the accident, it is believed approximately 46 people were on the bus traveling to Houston, Texas from Monterrey, Mexico.One bus passenger died at the accident scene from injuries. At least...
- Craig Cherry | May 01, 2007 8:08 PM | Waco, TX
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
The Texas House of Representatives is set to vote on a piece of critical legislation that would require Texas schools to purchase buses with three-point lap-shoulder belts for passengers after 2010. Also, the legislation would require Texas schools to only use chartered motorcoach buses with three-point lap-shoulder belts after 2014.The legislation is a result of the tragic school bus accident...
- Christina Cole | March 11, 2007 6:09 PM | Waco, TX
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
After a collision involving a car and bus on Tuesday, construction workers came to the rescue of a five-year-old-girl who was pinned under the bus, managing to free her.A car ran a red light and smashed into a Primrose School bus causing it to roll over, said Police. Nine people were hurt in the crash, including seven children ages five and six and two adults.Nearby construction workers used...
- Craig Cherry | March 03, 2007 6:30 AM | Waco, TX
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
A motorcoach charter bus carrying a college baseball team from Ohio drove off an overpass in Atlanta, Georgia yesterday killing six and injuring twenty-nine others. Many of the passengers are believed to have been fully or partially ejected from the bus. Of the six bus passengers killed, four were students from Bluffton University. The bus driver and his wife were also killed. Twenty-eight...