Bus company ordered to pay $5.2 million in bus crash case

Sep 012009
 
 01/09/2009  Posted by PMC at 04:34 on 01/09/2009 Comments Off
Bus company ordered to pay $5.2 million in bus crash case

An Hidalgo County jury has entered a $5.2 million judgment against a Mexican bus company it deemed partially responsible for the 2007 deaths of three Edinburg women, their family’s attorney said Monday. Virginia Salinas, 28, and her 71-year-old grandmother, Irene Garza, died Nov. 10 of that year, when a truck they were riding in collided with a bus operated by Monterrey-based Autobuses Del Noreste. Salinas’ 9-year-old daughter — Veronica — was also killed in the crash. Evidence presented during the week long trial suggested that bus driver Victor Torres overshot a stop sign outside of Los Herreras, N.L. — a ….Read More

18 wheeler crashes head on into Grupo Sendor tour bus outside Saltillo Coahuilla

Mar 172009
 
 17/03/2009  Posted by PMC at 13:48 on 17/03/2009 1 Response »
18 wheeler crashes head on into Grupo Sendor tour bus outside Saltillo Coahuilla

The U.S. embassy in Monterrey confirms eight Americans died in a deadly bus crash in north central Mexico. Five Canadians were also killed. Another 12 U.S. citizens are in the hospital. The Coahuila state police have just released a list of those injured and the hospitals they are in. Grupo Senda coach number 8003 was enroute to Zacatecas from McAllen Texas when a day cab tractor driven by Julio César Rodríguez López, age 23, of Saltillo, collided with the coach, killing the driver, César García Huerta, 42 and 13 others, American and Canadian tourists. 12 suffered injuries of various degrees, ….Read More

Politicos seek to make political “brownie points” from weekend trifecta of bus accidents

Aug 122008
 
 12/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 08:52 on 12/08/2008 Comments Off
Politicos seek to make political "brownie points" from weekend trifecta of bus accidents

Bill would mandate “Black Boxes” in all CMV’s Two U.S. senators today urged tougher regulations aimed at improving bus safety in response to last week’s deadly accident that killed 17 Vietnamese Catholics from Houston. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued statements calling for the passage of their legislation, known as the Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act. The pair introduced the bill, which would require bus owners to provide seat belts, fire extinguishers and other safety enhancements, last fall after a bus crash in Georgia killed several college athletes from an Ohio college.

Sherman Texas Bus Crash – Angel Tours Bus should not have been in operation

Aug 092008
 
 09/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:18 on 09/08/2008 1 Response »
Sherman Texas Bus Crash - Angel Tours Bus should not have been in operation

The violations discovered in the bus belonging to Angel Tours that crashed in Sherman Texas Friday morning points to the stupidty and ignorance of a small percentage of people obsessed with ending the Cross Border Pilot Program, which has operated safely for the past 11 months, while ignoring American common carriers who flaunt and ignore the laws and rules thinking it does not apply to them, the bus crash Friday in Sherman Texas that claimed 16 lives is a prime example. The owner of Angel Tours, 59-year-old Angel de la Torre, should be arrested and detained WITHOUT BAIL and charged ….Read More

Tejano Singer Emilio, sued by bandmembers over bus crash

Jun 022008
 
 02/06/2008  Posted by PMC at 18:15 on 02/06/2008 Comments Off
Tejano Singer Emilio, sued by bandmembers over bus crash

Two band members who were passengers on the bus that crashed in March with Emilio Navaira at the wheel have sued the Tejano singing star in state court because of the injuries they suffered. The two musicians, Daniel Sandoval and Pedro Ramirez, are asking for unspecified damages from Emilio, Inc., the singer’s corporate identity. The suit, which does not name Navaira individually, was filed last week in Houston and assigned to the district court of Judge Caroline E. Baker. Navaira, 45, had a blood-alcohol content of 0.19 — more than twice the legal limit — while driving the tour bus ….Read More

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