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16 killed in Houston bus crash. - Who cares??
This should be the biggest story in america but the press just calls it an 'accident" and moves on as per orders from the auto industry. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5931668.html 16 from Houston churches die as bus plunges off overpass Aug. 9, 2008, 10:23AM SHERMAN — The call came in to local police a little after midnight, and when the first of its officers rolled up to the crash site on U.S. Highway 75 nothing could have prepared them for what they would see: Human bodies, lots of them, lay broken and ruined in a tangle of bus wreckage. "You've got 50-something people laying everywhere," said Tony Walden, who hardly knew where to start. Many of the injured, groaning and calling for help, were trapped in the wreckage. And to make matters worse, their pleas came out in a foreign tongue — a pretty good definition of chaos, another officer said later. It was only when free of the wreckage that she got a full appreciation for the crash that as of late Friday had killed 16 — a dozen at the scene — and left the city's Vietnamese community in a state of shock. The bus, en route to Carthage, Mo., for the annual Marian Days festival, left the highway and struck a guardrail around 12:45 a.m. It then flipped on its side before sliding down an embankment. Right front tire blew out The cause of the accident remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. Weather does not appear to be a factor. Instead attention has focused on the right front tire, which appeared to blow out. NTSB said the right front tire was a retread, a violation of federal safety laws. Federal authorities also said the bus was traveling with a temporary license plate and had a driver with an expired health certificate. "The requirement exists not to permit recapped tires on the steer axle because if there is a loss of tire pressure or delamination (of the tire) on the steer axle, it's much more difficult to control the vehicle," said Debbie Hersman, an NTSB board member. (snip) |
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16 killed in Houston bus crash. - Who cares??
On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:08:26 -0500, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are
MURDERERS" > wrote: > >This should be the biggest story in america but the press just calls it >an 'accident" and moves on as per orders from the auto industry. > >http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5931668.html > >16 from Houston churches die as bus plunges off overpass >Aug. 9, 2008, 10:23AM > Some reports are saying that the bus was "unlicensed", this one says it had a temp permit. One says the driver was unlicensed while this report says he only lacked a medical card. From what I gather, the bus, operating under a different name, had been shut down for violations. The company owner decides to create a new name and thinking this would circumvent the violation order. What I want to know is, what is the NTSB and TxDOT gonna do about this character for operating a vehicle that was placed out of service? He oughta be held totally repsonsible and slapped into jail for a year or more. Not to mention the loss of being allowed to operate commercial vehicles. |
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16 killed in Houston bus crash. - Who cares??
richard > wrote in
: >> > > > Some reports are saying that the bus was "unlicensed", this one says > it had a temp permit. One says the driver was unlicensed while this > report says he only lacked a medical card. > > From what I gather, the bus, operating under a different name, had > been shut down for violations. The company owner decides to create a > new name and thinking this would circumvent the violation order. > > What I want to know is, what is the NTSB and TxDOT gonna do about this > character for operating a vehicle that was placed out of service? > He oughta be held totally repsonsible and slapped into jail for a year > or more. Not to mention the loss of being allowed to operate > commercial vehicles. Year or more?? If he did these things he should be put away forever. |
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16 killed in Houston bus crash. - Who cares??
"Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" > wrote in message .70... > > This should be the biggest story in america but the press just calls it > an 'accident" and moves on as per orders from the auto industry. No one gives a **** about some Red State Repugnikkkans. |
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16 killed in Houston bus crash. - Who cares??
When the lawyers start lining up on this bus company the owner will want to
go to jail for his own safety. Mopar Doctor |
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16 killed in Houston bus crash. - Who cares??
SFB spewed:
<< snip crapola >> Q: Who Cares? A: Nobody Harrr... Harrr... Harrrr.. -- necromancer Official Overseer Of KoOkS And Trolls In rec.autos.driving. |
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16 killed in Houston bus crash. - Who cares??
SFB spewed:
> Year or more?? If he did these things he should be put away forever. And if the bus has been carrying Mexicans instead of Vietnamese, you would be cheering the driver and calling for him to get an award, you racist ****. Go to hell, jackass. -- necromancer Official Overseer Of KoOkS And Trolls In rec.autos.driving |
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16 killed in Houston bus crash. - Who cares??
"Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" > wrote in
message .70... It wasn't in Houston... Dumbass. I went around this mess Friday evening, the road was still closed. Me |
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16 killed in Houston bus crash. - Who cares??
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:46:48 GMT, "Tom" >
wrote: >"Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" > wrote in >message .70... >It wasn't in Houston... Dumbass. > >I went around this mess Friday evening, the road was still closed. Wouldn't be the first time that **** For Brains got something totally wrong. -- necromancer Official Overseer Of KoOkS And Trolls In rec.autos.driving |
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16 killed in Houston bus crash. - Who cares??
necromancer > wrote in news:5ab99bb4-17b1-4144-
: > SFB spewed: > >> Year or more?? If he did these things he should be put away forever. > > And if the bus has been carrying Mexicans instead of Vietnamese, you > would be cheering the driver and calling for him to get an award, you > racist ****. > If they were ILLEGAL beans then sure i would have. I'm no racist and i'm also no criminal coddler. |
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