Another catastrophic bus accident takes many lives
What will it take to wake up and shake up government authorities, charter bus lines and the public about the potential for catastrophic dangers in bus accidents?
Early Friday morning, another chartered bus bound north from Houston had a horrific bus accident in the Dallas area, killing 14. This bus accident wasn’t many miles from the spot where another chartered bus from Houston caught fire and exploded in 2005, killing 24 nursing home residents who were fleeing Hurricane Rita.
While bus charter lines include reputable companies, others are not as diligent in terms of vehicle safety, maintenance and driver professionalism. As a result, many people have died in a bus crash or accident, which almost always involves multiple fatalities.
One reason they die is that some chartered buses are not properly maintained and inspected on a regular basis. It’s believed that a tire blowout may have led to Friday morning’s tragedy near Dallas, since a blown-out tire was found. The bus was operated either by Angel Tours of Houston or by Iguala Busmex of Houston, both located at the same address and under the same phone number.
A tire blow-out can cause a large, top-heavy vehicle such as a bus to go out of control and veer off the road. In this case, the bus was traveling on an overpass on U.S. 75 near Sherman, north of Dallas, when it veered off the road and over the guardrail, crashing onto the feeder road below.
The results were catastrophic, horrific and, for 14 of the bus’s 55 passengers, fatal. Car accidents often involve single fatalities, but bus accidents can involve dozens, as with the 2005 bus accident explosion killing 24 on a gridlocked highway near Dallas.
If you or a loved one has suffered from a bus accident, a bus accident lawyer with Jim S. Adler & Associates is standing by to help. The firm offers a free case review.
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It seems very easy to lose a tire on an elevated turn and go over a railing with a bus or any other top-heavy vehicle. They’re made to catch cars. That’s why you’ll sometimes hear about SUVs going over from the momentum of a hit when low vehicles just bounce off the railing. Tragic…
I feel for those people, I am also heading out to Missouri tonight, as it is for the annual Marian Days in MO. And for those who don’t know what Marian Days are, every year in August, about 80,000 people from all around the U.S come/drive
to Carthage, Missouri to pray and all gather around, mostly Vietnamese Catholics.