Posted on 01/07/2008 9:12:45 AM PST by greyfoxx39
MEXICAN HAT, Utah—A chartered bus ran off a wet road and rolled 41 feet down an embankment in far southeastern Utah, killing eight passengers who were returning home from a ski trip, authorities said Monday. About 20 others were injured. The Arrow Stage Lines bus was southbound on State Route 163 when it failed to negotiate a curve, went off the road and rolled over several times at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, said Trooper Cameron Roden of the Utah Highway Patrol.
"When the vehicle was overturning, the roof of the bus split open and multiple occupants of the vehicle were ejected," he said.
The driver suffered minor injuries, he said.
A woman who answered the phone at Arrow Stage Lines headquarters in Omaha, Neb., early Monday said no one would be available to answer questions until later in the morning.
Roden said the bus was en route from Telluride, Colo., to Phoenix after a ski trip.
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Very sad. Sending prayers their way.
Never understood why there are no seatbelts on buses.
It may not have prevented this tragedy, but lives may have been saved if the passengers hadn’t been thrown from the bus.
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