Posted on 08/30/2018 8:27:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin
“We do expect that number to rise,” New Mexico State Police spokesman Officer Ray Wilson said of the fatalities. Wilson said six people suffered minor injuries; the rest were taken to hospitals. Some of the injured included children, one hospital official said. The bus was traveling from St. Louis to Los Angeles, where it was expected to arrive Friday, according to St. Louis television station KMOV.
It was traveling between Albuquerque and Phoenix when state police said it crashed along along Interstate I-40 in McKinley County.
The truck was traveling eastbound around 12:30 p.m. when it blew a tire, lost control, crossed the median and struck the westbound bus, Wilson told reporters. The crash occurred along Interstate 40 in McKinley County, near Thoreau, police said.
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Years ago I went to Florida with my mother by Greyhound.
3 days of driving, some through a night of pouring rain that bus went pretty doggone fast. I was pretty nervous.
I’m not saying this guy was but I would not be surprised. I imagine they push those drivers on a pretty tight schedule.
Lol
It says a truck blew a tire, crossed the median and hit the bus, so it’s probably not the bus driver’s fault.
Exactly where do you get an idea that the bus driver was at fault in this? The article is pretty clear - the truck involved blew a tire, crossed the center and hit the bus... If anything, the fault would fall squarely on the driver of the truck for failure to maintain control of his vehicle. A blown tire, alone, shouldn’t cause a driver to lose control unless there’s more to the story. I’ve had tires blow out - no accident (yet).
You win.
Bus driver not at fault here, as someone else mentioned. Yes, I have been on passenger buses where the driver was flying low probably because he wanted to get home as much as we did.
Real issues: the truck driver’s training (was he legal?), and what level of maintenance the trucking company performed. If they let tires wear down below the wear bars, that’s a problem. Especially through the heat of the southwest, where I figure tires get really, really hot during an interstate drive.
But, was it a legal truck fdriver?
An overloaded out-of-nation truck from Mexico with 8x re-re-repaired truck tires and bad brakes?
You never see tire treads on the sides of Germany’s Autobahn.
I got caught in a cluster of cars heading to Mass from NH. We were all going 85, when I got passed by a Pilgrim (labelled) passenger bus.
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UPDATE from Fox News
New Mexico State Police say they have confirmed SEVEN fatalities in connection with Thursday afternoon’s bus crash on Interstate 40.
Previous reports said at least four people were killed when a semi-tractor trailer experienced “a tire blowout” and ultimately collided with a Greyhound passenger bus.
“Many bus passengers were transported with serious injuries,” the tweet said.
Just looked at sat pics. No K rails or any kind of barrier between the east and west bounds lanes. DOT might want to rethink that.
Speed limit on I40 in that neck of the woods in 75 mph. If the truck driver was doing that or more, I doubt he had a hope in heck of maintaining control of that semi.
This was a great episode.
Buses go fast, and the drivers push it.
But, there’s nothing that’s going to help when a truck going the opposite way blows a tire, crosses the median, and hits your bus head on.
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