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Missouri School Bus Crash Kills Two
Date Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Two school buses taking students from a Missouri high school band camp to a Six Flags amusement park were involved in a serious traffic accident today. A student in one of the buses and a driver in a pickup trick were killed in the crash, and dozens of others were injured.

According to a report on KMOV.com, the accident occurred on eastbound I-44 in Gray Summit, Missouri, bout 40 miles west of St. Louis, around 10:15 a.m. local time. The crash involved the school buses, a tractor-trailer, and the pickup, which was wedged under the school bus. (more…)

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Banned Bus Companies Often Reopen Under New Names
Date Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Despite the fact that 3 out of 5 Texas bus companies have had their operating licenses revoked in the past 2 years for safety violations, there is no guarantee that dangerous buses have been taken off the road. Carol Davis, director of the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TXDOT) motor carrier division, told The Houston Chronicle that state officials were still trying to find out how many revoked companies were operating under a different name.

At least one of those rogue bus companies was involved in a fatal bus crash earlier this month. On August 8, a charter bus, owned by a company called Iguala Busmex, was taking a group of Vietnamese Catholics to a religious festival in Missouri. The vehicle blew an illegally treaded tire, skidded off the highway and overturned. In addition to 17 deaths, 38 people were injured. The bus accident was the nation’s deadliest since 2005. (more…)

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