A 48-year-old woman waiting at a Westminster bus stop was critically injured when a stolen Lexus SUV jumped a sidewalk and struck a pole next to where she was standing, according to a news report. Westminster police said that Charita Zamora, of Westminster, was found lying next to the bus bench when officers responded to…
Five people were injured in Santa Ana when an Orange County Transportation Authority bus was hit by a car, according to a news report. Santa Ana police said that a male driver collided with an OCTA bus at Westminster Avenue and Clinton Street. The driver of the car was taken to the trauma center at…
A La Habra City School District bus carrying 14 students was rear-ended by a Ford Expedition, causing injuries to two children inside the SUV, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol, which investigates all school bus accidents, said that the Expedition crashed into the back of the school bus and was wedged under…
With children returning to school this month, take a minute to remind yourself of California’s school zone safety laws: If you are behind or approaching a school bus that has the stop sign extended and lights flashing, you must stop and cannot proceed again until the bus retracts the stop arm and turns off the…
A 31-year-old Stanton man has been killed in a Buena Park bus accident after being struck by a charter bus while walking on the 91 freeway, according to a news report. California Highway Patrol said they received a call about a pedestrian walking in the traffic lanes of the 91 freeway near Beach Boulevard. The…
A man who was struck by a small Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) bus while riding his mountain bike is in critical condition after being airlifted from the scene of the accident in Fullerton. According to police, a man believed to be in his 60s was riding his bike down a bike loop before the…
Three teenage boys in a black BMW ran a red light in Los Angeles, California, causing total mayhem. The car, driven by a juvenile, hit and killed a pedestrian and then crashed into a school bus, injuring at least 20 people when the bus overturned at the intersection of East 1st Street and Soto Avenue.…
A Wolf’s Bus Line tour bus crashed through a guardrail and slid down a 45 foot tree-covered embankment on Interstate 270 near Bethesda, Maryland recently. The bus driver, Joseph A. Clabaugh Jr. was found dead at the scene. All eleven passengers, including five children, were injured in the crash and treated at local hospitals. Four…
According to the US Department of Transportation (US DOT), the number of bus crashes has climbed in recent years. In the United States as a whole, there were 13,195 accidents involving buses in 2007 (the most recent year for which statistics are available), up from 8,555 in 2003. In those same five years, 1,651 people…
A history of bus crashes, faulty brakes, worn tires, poor maintenance, bad driving records, incomplete logbooks, and flagrant safety violations can all contribute to a charter bus company’s deficient safety score. But each charter bus company does receive a score, which is readily available on the US Department of Transportation (US DOT) website. So why…
