Thursday, June 23, 2011

Welcome Back Mewes - Bus Stops - June 23


Palin says bus tour on hold for jury duty (Follow Up)

 

Three Greyhound passengers sent to hospital after bus hits moose

 

Metro bus drivers could strike today


Burning Bus & Violant Protest

 

Bus driver recalls horror of beating at the hands of 17-year-old

 

Home video of apparent distracted driving on a Greyhound bus

 

METRO Bus Split in Half on 288 South

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TODAY IN BUS HISTORY

1961 - A bus owned by the Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation which was going from Gwalior to Indore met with an accident as a result of which two of the passengers, Mrs. Usha Kotasthane, aged about 23 years, and her one year old son, died and several others received serious injuries. Among the injured was one Sailesh Kumar, a boy of about four years.

1992 -Tests performed by federal officials, simulated the impact of a stationary bus being hit by a car traveling at 30 The crash collapsed a metal cage surrounding the vehicle's 35-gallon fuel tank.

1997 - An American clothing company has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit by the families of Mexican workers killed and injured when a bus taking them to a factory in Mexico crashed. Fourteen people died and 12 were injured. 

2002 - An Arrowhead Coach USA bus crashed in Victor, NY, killing five passengers; the driver and 41 other passengers sustained injuries.  

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BUS PIC OF THE DAY 


 

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