Posted on 10/10/2009 8:08:20 PM PDT by rdl6989
Tour bus carrying high school band members crashes on the I-15 in Idaho, at least 1 dead and up to 30 believed injured.
That’s terrible.
More info: The crash took place on Interstate 15, about 50 miles north of the Utah border.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ga6oihQd836Zdk6rNdTAOYMz9XMwD9B8KJEO1
I wonder if there was a snowstorm.
PRAYERS UP for them ALL!
There is a wind advisory for that area and rain or snow tonight.
prayers
Oh my prayers for the students and families!!
Polly
Prayers up!
Can you send a message to the prayer list?
NO cheers, unfortunately.
Prayers up.
global warming...
I know that stretch of I-15 quite well. I lived about fifty miles north of the crash site and went to school in Utah so I traversed that road for several years. The stretch near Inkom is desolate and harsh. The road cuts through lava rock flows from at least one nearby fissure volcano. That means the median strip in particular was made up of cracked and very uneven lava rock. In the past several years the state has tried to cushion the median strip where it is the most rocky but it is not forgiving to traffic off the road and it is an area where there are a lot of crashes, usually due to driver fatigue. However, if this bus took off from Pocatello, it would not have been on the road more than half an hour or so before the crash.
Seat belts would likely have saved lives and injuries.
**its been unseasonably cold here in central and Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana**
And in Oregon too. 18 degrees two nights ago in Spokane.
The high school band was heading home to American Fork, Utah, after a competition in Pocatello, Idaho.
According to ksl.com, one adult died. The student injuries are not serious. They think the bus driver had a medical condition.
I will pray.
Prayers for all who are involved. Comfort and defend them, Lord God Almighty.
You mean GLOW-BULLLLLLL!
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