Archive for the ‘Bus Accidents’ Category
DES MOINES, IA. – A semi truck driver hit a Saydel school bus from behind that was stopped on the railroad tracks on Northeast Broadway Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa sending two people to the hospital.

Rail crossing on NE Broadway Ave. near Delaware Ave. where a semi truck crashed into a school bus on April 6, 2012 in Des Moines, IA sending two people to the hospital.
BALLINGER, TX – A bus driver carrying college students and faculty from Abilene Christian University lost control and struck a concrete culvert which caused the bus to overturn resulting in one death and critically injuring four others, officials said.
MOBILE, AL – A charter bus carrying 48 band students and two chaperones from Del Rio, Texas, was traveling to Orlando Florida when it collided with an overturned 18 wheeler near the Mississippi line early Monday, injuring about two dozen people.

Map showing location of charter bus accident with overturned 18-wheeler on Interstate 10 at the 7 mile marker in southern Alabama
The accident occurred at 12:34 a.m. at the 7-mile marker in the Grand Bay area just a few miles inside Alabama on I-10, Trooper Greg Eubanks, trooper spokesman said.
CALHOUN CITY, MS – Three people were killed when an 18 wheeler collided head on with a school bus loaded with high students from Ackerman High School after a field trip to the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS.

Bus dangles perilously over Yalobusha River after fatal head-on collision with 18 wheeler.
Calhoun City is in Calhoun County, Mississippi in the northern part of the state about 146 miles northeast of Jackson. ... Read Full Story
CAMPBELLTON, TX – A Mexican tour bus carrying an estimated 35 people was involved in a rollover accident Tuesday near Campbellton, Texas, killing two people and injuring at least eighteen according to Tommy Cavazos, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The Americanos tour bus crash occurred on Interstate 37, about 45 miles south of San Antonio in the southern region of Texas. ... Read Full Story

