A six year old girl was killed in a Jan. 28 school bus crash in Georgia. The girl died in the crash in Houston County, Georgia when the bus was going down hill and the driver tried to make a 90 degree left turn at…
February 4, 2018 saw the second fatal Amtrak train accident involving track problems within less than two months. A passenger train traveling from Miami to New York that got onto the wrong track in Cayce, South Carolina (SC), collided with a parked and empty CSX…
Approximately 16 students were taken to the hospital in Gilmer County, Georgia on Jan 22 when their school bus flipped onto its side in a one-vehicle accident. The sheriff’s office in Gilmer County stated that the accident occurred on Yukon Road after 3 PM. The…
A truck driver accused of killing a teenager and seriously injuring her passenger in May was in court on Oct. 6 for a preliminary hearing in Virginia Beach. Jerode Johnson, 31, is facing several criminal charges stemming from the accident, including involuntary manslaughter, DUI and felony…
A couple from Pennsylvania died and a Chesterfield County, Virginia teenager suffered serious injuries in a multi-vehicle crash on I-295 in Henrico County on Oct. 2. The Virginia State Police stated that the fatal accident happened at 2:45 PM on I-295 just south of the…
A woman suffered serious but apparently non-life-threatening injuries on a water park ride at King’s Dominion amusement park in Doswell, Virginia on July 5. According to local media reports, the woman is receiving treatment in Richmond for a broken foot, collar bone and shoulder after riding…
Norfolk, Virginia police stated on May 1 that a school bus driver was charged in connection with a serious school bus accident that left several students with injuries. News reports over the weekend in Norfolk stated that the bus driver was charged in the accident…
Tennessee State Rep. JoAnne Favors is using a bill that was written in 2015 in response to a fatal Knoxville, Tennessee school bus crash as the starting point to address safety concerns regarding lack of seatbelts in Hamilton County TN school buses. The bus crash in…
At least 13 people are dead and dozens more seriously injured after a tour bus crashed into a tractor-trailer in Palm Springs, California Sunday morning. The fatal crash occurred at approximately 5 a.m. on Interstate 10. Law enforcement statements indicated that speed was the cause…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has noted with increasing concern the last several years that there have been a high number of commercial bus accidents with fatalities. That is why the FMCSA announced recently that it is making the inspection, repair and maintenance…