Damn,, 70 foot wave hits cruise liner and now this..
Condolences to the families and freinds of those lost.
That would have been really frightening.
I once took a bus trip to Innsbrook. That was the scariest trip I ever took. 60 MPH on winding roads, and huge drop offs. Never again.
The only way this should make news on FR would be if it was a bus full of lawyers with an empty seat.
Journalism 101: any bus mishap story must use the word "plunge." Never crash, careen, skid, wreck, fall, overturn... Nope, always "plunge."
This usage has become so ingrained that Bus Plunge is a web site.
A Swiss tour bus lays on the bank of the Dranse river after an accident on the road to the Great St. Bernard pass between Orsieres and Liddes, western Switzerland, Sunday, April 17, 2005. According to police information the bus with 27 travellers on board went off the road and fell over a slope about 800 feet (243 meters) into a ravine. Police say twelve people died in the crash and 15 are injured. (AP Photo/Keystone, Fabrice Coffrini)
Took the bus ride up Pike's Peak when I was 12. The driver kept turning around to talk to my Dad. Jeeze.