Injury Lawyers Serving Victims of Public Transit and Metro Bus Accidents the DC Area Hundreds of residents take public transportation each day. They rely on the city bus, metro rail lines, and more to take them to and from work, school, or even to run their daily errands. When you ride on these means of...
Read MoreWhat Caused The Baltimore Bus Accident?
This morning, an accident involving a transit bus and a school bus occurred in Baltimore, MD, Fortunately, no children were on board at the time. Authorities say the crash looked like a bomb exploded. Could driver error be the cause of such extensive damage? Or mechanical failure? http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/us/baltimore-bus-crash/index.html#pt0-913293 Koonz, McKenney,...
Read MoreMontgomery County School Bus Cameras Issuing Tickets to Negligent Drivers
According to WJLA ABC 7, on January 2, in Montgomery County, Maryland, cameras began keeping tabs on motorists who pass stopped school buses. In Maryland, when a school bus is stopped with activated flashing red lights, the law states that motorists traveling in the same direction must stop as well. In addition, unless there is...
Read MoreBus Driver Charged in Death of Three People
Authorities in Virginia charged a bus driver with reckless driving in an accident that killed three people earlier this month. The bus accident happened on Interstate 85 in southeast Virginia, according to seattlepi.com. The 56-year-old charter bus driver crashed his charter bus into a pickup truck. The pickup truck collided with another vehicle after...
Read MoreAre Cheap Bus Rides Worth the Risk?
The bus ride from New York City to Washington, D.C. might only cost you $20.00, but are you risking your life to save money on bus fare? That may be the case, according to a report at businessinsider.com. The ultra-cheap bus lines have fatal bus crashes seven times more than a bigger, well-known...
Read MoreVirginia Greyhound Bus Crash Injures Nine
A Greyhound bus and a van collided last month on Interstate 85, injuring nine passengers. According to cbsnews.com, the Greyhound had 35 passengers on it at the time of the bus accident. Three bus passengers and six passengers in the van suffered injuries in the collision. A Virginia State Police spokesperson said the bus...
Read MoreAnother Bus Crash Injures Dozens of Passengers
A bus bound for Washington, D.C. crashed into two tractor-trailers on the New Jersey Turnpike late last month, as reported at washingtonpost.com. The bus accident sent two people to the hospital with critical injuries and injured dozens of others. More than 50 passengers were aboard the Washington Deluxe coach bus. According to investigators, the...
Read MoreDriver Error Caused Bus Crash that Injured 14 People
Authorities charged a Greyhound bus driver with failing to stay in his lane and causing a commercial vehicle to overturn in connection with a bus accident earlier this month in Pennsylvania. According to a report at sacbee.com, driver error caused the bus crash that injured 14 people. The 24-year-old bus driver lost control of...
Read MoreNHTSA Under Reports Fatal Bus Crashes
Thirty-seven people did not make it to Niagara Falls from Washington, D.C., and two of those people died when their tour bus crashed last month in New York State. Investigators suspect that a blown tire caused the bus to veer off the road and into a wooded area where it tipped on its...
Read MoreMetro Bus Driver Faces Homicide Charges for 2008 Accident
Last month, authorities arrested a Metro bus driver charged with negligent homicide in connection with a September 2008 bus accident in downtown Washington, D.C. The accident killed one man when the 40-year-old driver allegedly ran a red light and collided with a taxi, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of...
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