Legal Updates
Train Hits Bus In Downtown Los Angeles
Friday, September 19, 2008
During the morning of September 19, 2008, a Metro Blue Line train collided with a Metro bus in downtown Los Angeles, causing minor injuries to 13 people, authorities said. The accident, which occurred near Washington Boulevard and Griffith Avenue, was reported around 6:15 a.m., said Officer Ana Aguirre of the…
U.S. Halts Approvals of Bus Companies
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
On August 12, 2008, the federal government froze all approvals for new bus companies after a fatal crash in Texas on August 8, 2008 exposed a flaw in regulations that allows banned companies to come back under new names. The head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, John H.…
Numerous Injuries & 3 Deaths After Mississippi Bus Accident
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
From August 8, 2008 through August 10, 2008, there have been three bus accidents in Texas, Nevada, and recently in Mississippi, with fatalities in all. On August 10, 2008, a casino bus full of tourists overturned in northwestern Mississippi, killing three people and injuring several others. The bus belonged to…
Tire Failure Might Be Culprit In Nevada Bus Accident
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
On August 11, 2008, a Nevada Highway Patrol officer said that tire failure might have caused a casino worker shuttle bus crash that injured 29 people. "There's evidence that the bus may have suffered tire tread separation," Trooper Kevin Honea told The Associated Press. He said the findings were still…
Texas Bus Crash Death Toll Rises
Monday, August 11, 2008
As the investigation continues into the August 8, 2008 north Texas bus crash that killed 17 Vietnamese Catholics on their way to a religious festival in Missouri, six of the survivors, including the bus driver, remained in critical condition.A spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the…
Highway Deaths Frequently Caused By Tractor Trailer & Bus Operators
Monday, July 21, 2008
Based up a recently released U.S. study obtained by The Associated Press, hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States carry commercial driver's licenses even though they qualifying for full federal disability payments, and some of those drivers have suffered seizures, heart attacks or unconscious spells.…
