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Megabus Flips on Indiana Interstate

19 hurt; many hospitalized

(Newser) - At least 19 people were hurt, one critically, when a double-decker Megabus flipped on an interstate in Indiana, the Indianapolis Star reports. Some 54 people were aboard the bus traveling on I-65 as it drove between Atlanta and Chicago, Fox 59 reports. The bus was approaching a separate, minor crash...

Double-Decker Buses Crash in NYC; 13 Hurt

Three people seriously injured near Times Square

(Newser) - An accident involving two double-decker tour buses injured 13 people in Times Square this afternoon. Three people were seriously hurt, though none of the injuries were life-threatening. The accident occurred around 47th Street and Seventh Avenue, an area of Times Square generally teeming with tourists near the TKTS discount Broadway...

Teen Stands Up on Double-Decker Bus, Dies

16-year-old hits head on highway overpass

(Newser) - Kids, don't screw around on double-decker buses. A California teen died yesterday, two days after hitting a highway overpass while standing on the top floor of an open-air double-decker bus, the LA Times reports. The boy, identified as 16-year-old Mason Zisette, was one of about 45 passengers on a...

Greyhound Bus Crash Kills 1, Injures 18

Bus collides with car on Indiana highway

(Newser) - Authorities say a Greyhound bus and car collided on a highway near Indiana's border with Ohio, killing one person and injuring at least 18 others. A Wayne County spokesman says the accident happened this morning on interstate 70 near Richmond, which is about 70 miles east of Indianapolis.

12-Day-Old 'Miracle' Baby Survived Bus Crash

Truck driver hit shoulder, lost control while passing vehicles

(Newser) - More information is being released on yesterday's bus crash that killed four in California. The big rig that jackknifed, spilling metal pipes as long as 50 feet across the highway, was trying to pass slower vehicles when it drifted onto the dirt shoulder and lost control, police tell the...

4 Killed as Big Rig Spills Pipes, Causes Bus Crash

Tour bus either hit or swerved to avoid hitting pipes

(Newser) - At least four people are dead and more were injured this morning when a big rig jackknifed on a California highway and spilled its load of metal pipes. Somehow a fully-loaded tour bus traveling the opposite way on the 10 Freeway got involved—it may have hit the pipes or...

Bus Passengers Subdue Attacker, Prevent Crash

Greyhound in Arizona nearly went into oncoming traffic

(Newser) - A bizarre incident on a Greyhound bus in Arizona resulted in injuries to more than 20 people, but police say quick-thinking passengers prevented it from being much, much worse. A 25-year-old man on the bus is accused of attacking the driver just before 2am as they traveled on I-10 near...

Mom Watches as Son, 6, Is Hit, Killed by School Bus

Edmond Bock may have been running to catch bus at the time

(Newser) - A horrifying story out of New Jersey, where a mother watched as her 6-year-old son was fatally hit by a school bus yesterday morning. "I watched my son get hit, and the driver just kept going," Candice Bock tells the Camden Courier-Post . According to authorities, her son, Edmond,...

1 Child Dead in Idaho School Bus Crash

Dump truck collides with elementary bus

(Newser) - Authorities say one child has died and at least four others were injured when a dump truck collided with a school bus carrying elementary school students in a small southwest Idaho city. Emergency crews are responding to the scene today in Kuna, a town about 30 minutes from Boise. Canyon...

3 Members of Willie Nelson's Band Hurt in Bus Crash

Willie wasn't on the bus, and tour is suspended indefinitely

(Newser) - Willie Nelson has suspended his tour indefinitely after three members of his band were hurt when their bus plowed into a bridge pillar in East Texas during rainy conditions. Nelson was not aboard the bus when it crashed about 3:30am local time on Interstate 30 near Sulphur Springs, 75...

Greyhound Crash Kills 1, Injures Dozens

It hit tractor-trailer on I-80 in Pennsylvania, say police

(Newser) - A Greyhound bus struck a tractor-trailer early today on Interstate 80 in central Pennsylvania, killing a woman, critically injuring four other people, and sending dozens to the hospital, authorities say. The bus was extensively damaged when it hit the rear end of a flatbed trailer that was hauling garbage at...

34 Injured When Greyhound Bus Flips

All expected to survive accident in Ohio

(Newser) - Another major bus accident in the news: A Greyhound bus went off an interstate in Ohio overnight and ended up on its side in a cornfield, reports AP . The most recent account says 34 of the 52 people aboard were taken to hospitals, though the Cincinnati Enquirer says none of...

Bus Plunges Into 600-Foot Canyon, Killing 44

3 babies among the dead in Guatemala crash

(Newser) - A bus plunged into a deep river canyon in northwestern Guatemala today, leaving at least 44 people dead, according to officials. An additional 46 people were injured and taken to hospitals, says Mario Cruz, a spokesman for the volunteer fire department in the area. At the accident site, medical personnel...

MLK's Family in Bus Accident After Rally

They all appear to be OK

(Newser) - One sour note from today's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech": The bus carrying his family got into an accident afterward, reports TMZ . It doesn't appear any serious injuries were involved, though the driver was taken to a DC hospital....

Bus Full of Kids Flips in Kansas

School says 8 sixth-graders injured in accident

(Newser) - A school bus carrying about 30 sixth-grade girls overturned in Kansas today when its driver took an on-ramp too quickly, police in Bonner Springs tell KCTV . Eight girls were hurt in the crash, but none of the injuries was life-threatening, a spokesperson for Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City, Missouri,...

One Dead in School Bus Rollover in Illinois

25 students on bus, but only minor injuries reported

(Newser) - A school bus rollover in northern Illinois this morning has killed the driver of one car involved in the accident, reports the Chicago Sun-Times . There were approximately 25 elementary school students on the bus at the time of the accident, and most were taken to nearby hospitals, though their injuries...

5 killed in Oregon Tour Bus Crash on I-84
9 Killed, Dozens Hurt in
Oregon Tour Bus Crash
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Dec 31, 2012 4:00 AM CST

9 Killed, Dozens Hurt in Oregon Tour Bus Crash

Driver lost control, plunged down embankment

(Newser) - Nine people were killed and more than two dozen injured when a charter bus veered out of control yesterday morning on an icy stretch of interstate in eastern Oregon and plunged a few hundred feet down an embankment. The bus, bound for Vancouver, Canada, from Las Vegas, crashed through a...

Bus Crashes Into NY Home, Killing Boy, 6

Brother, 7, also injured as both slept inside

(Newser) - A bus that was swerving to avoid a pedestrian jumped the curb and ran into a Long Island home last night, killing a 6-year-old boy who was sleeping inside the house. Police say the driver honked three times, but the pedestrian, who was crossing against the light, didn't get...

36 Dead After China Bus Plows Into Methanol Tanker

Accident occurred in Shaanxi province

(Newser) - A double-decker sleeper bus rammed into a tanker loaded with highly-flammable methanol on a northern Chinese highway early today, causing both vehicles to burst into flames and killing 36 people, state media said. The official Xinhua News Agency said 39 people were on the long distance sleeper bus when it...

Bus Plunges 60 Feet in One of Vietnam's Worst Crashes

34 dead, another 21 injured

(Newser) - A crowded overnight bus plunged off a bridge into a river in central Vietnam last night, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents. The 50-seat coach lost control and ripped through the bridge's guardrails, diving about 60 feet and landing...

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