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Details for 14 People Injured in New York Bus Accident

ID:	12082
Author:	rreeves
Title:	14 People Injured in New York Bus Accident
Article:	The California bus accident attorneys at our firm keep track of highway and safety issues from around the country. In a terrible tragedy, 14 persons have been confirmed dead in an accident involving a tour bus headed for Manhattan, New York. The accident took place in the early hours of Saturday morning, and left at least 19 people injured. According to the New York Times, the tour bus was headed for Manhattan, and was traveling at high speeds when it flipped over on the highway. The bus skidded for some distance before it crashed into a sign pole, which ripped through a bus, slicing it into half. 14 people were killed, and out of the 19 who were injured, five are reported to be in a critical condition. . There were 32 people on board the bus, all ranging in age from their 20s to 50s. The passengers in the bus were on their way back to Chinatown from the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut. The impact of the bus accident was deadly, and left severe injuries. The injuries were made worse by the fact that the sign pole crushed right through the bus, striking passengers, and leaving them with terrible injuries. Flying glass and twisted metal, added to the injury toll. According to the bus driver, the bus was clipped by a commercial truck, which then drove away from the scene. Police have not been able to determine whether the commercial truck struck the bus, or whether the bus driver tried to avoid the truck, and then went out of control. In any case, the impact caused the bus to flip over, and it skidded for close to 100 yards, before crashing into the support pole of the sign. The pole crashed through the front window, and sliced the bus into half right along the passenger in the line. Firefighters responding to the scene of the tragedy, found unspeakable carnage, including large pieces of twisted metal from the guardrail found inside the bus. Many of the victims had actually become trapped inside the twisted metal, making rescue and recovery operations extremely difficult. As California bus accident lawyers, we are familiar with the kind of injuries that result from bus accidents. These are some of the most serious accidents, especially when the bus is traveling at excessive speeds. However, we have been saddened and horrified at the kind and extent of the injuries that occurred in this particular accident. The bus seems to have been a cheap tourist bus, of the kind that is often used by casino goers, mostly older Asian and Hispanic people. These buses usually ply from Chinatown to casinos in New Jersey and Connecticut where the passengers are allowed to play the slots for a few hours, before heading back home to Chinatown again. The safety of this section of the tour bus industry in New York is likely to be under scrutiny after this accident. About the author of this article: the reeves law group is a law firm with offices throughout california dedicated to the representation of personal injury victims. please visit our website at trlglaw.com. if you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.
Category:	Society: Current-Affairs
Date:	March 17, 2011 08:03:01 AM

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