Saturday, May 24, 2008

5-24-08

Blueline bus kills motorcyclist in Delhi - Yahoo! India News
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) A Blueline bus Tuesday ran over a motorcyclist in west Delhi, taking the death toll of people mowed down by these buses to over 25 ...

Police 'close in' on suspect in fatal bus stop bashing
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
Graham Arcus, 61, who was attacked and killed in an Auckland bus stop on Saturday night, with his wife. Photo / TV3 Police say they are closing in on the ...
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Scottish student in US killed by bus while out jogging
Scotsman - United Kingdom
By Louise Hosie A SCOTTISH student has died on an exchange trip to the
United States after being run over by a bus while she was out jogging, ...
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State bus breaks city engineer’s back
Times of India - India
CHENNAI: When the driver of a State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) bus decided to exhibit his driving skills inside the Chennai Moffussil Bus Terminus ...
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Hopping shuttle bus to Canyon's South Rim is grand idea
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Starting June 2, a pilot shuttle bus between the
Canyon View Information Plaza and Tusayan will begin. Those who park outside the park will be doing ...
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All Aboard the 'Fast' Bus
Washington Post - United States
Los Angeles started bus priority traffic signals in 2001, but more important, Latin American cities reserved road space for fast buses decades ago. ...
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Why sea cruises start with a 30-mile bus trip
ic Wales - United Kingdom
SEA
cruises from Wales’ longest pier will this summer begin with a 30-mile bus trip. Ships have carried pleasure seekers from Llandudno since the 1820s, ...
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Tower Bridge bus crash kills woman, 23
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Tom Peterkin and John Bingham A young woman has been killed after a double decker bus struck a tree as she passed by on the pavement close to
London's ...
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Nepal bus plunge kills up to 46: police
AFP -
KATHMANDU (AFP) — Thirty-six people were killed when an overcrowded bus careened off a Nepal mountain highway into a river, and another 10 are presumed dead ...
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Death toll in Nepal bus crash rises to 36
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nineteen more bodies were found in southwest Nepal on Tuesday near the wreckage of a bus packed with pilgrims that plunged into a ...
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Grandfather dies after bus stop bashing
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
By Alanah May Eriksen The bus stop on
Manukau Road where 61 -year-old Graham Arcus was attacked on Saturday night. Photo / Brett Phibbs A grandfather who ...
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Bus services axed
TRANSPORT bosses have stepped in to ensure essential bus services stay on the road, after a bus company withdrew at short notice.
Messenger Newspapers | Latest news - http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk

This bus stop's goal: Making cancer an election priority
Have you ever signed your name on a bus? Gov. John Lynch of New Hampshire hadn't, but on Monday he penned his name to the American Cancer Society CAN Bus. The bus, which is traveling across the country to share...
Projo 7 to 7 News Blog - http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/newsblog/

Bus props cruise
Twelve more years. That's at least what local bus riders have to look forward to, along with a list of enhancements to the Mountain Line bus system.
News/local from azdailysun.com - http://azdailysun.com/

Proposal would let DOE increase school bus fares
State education officials would be allowed to raise school bus fares to make up for budget cuts, under a proposal.
Honolulu Advertiser - Local news - http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com

Canley's Community Bus Coming Soon!
THE Mile Bus trust is using a bus donated to them to use for the community, involving people across the generations.
Coventry Telegraph - News - Coventry... - http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/

YouTube - Dottie Rambo Bus Accident - News Story
This is the news story that ran on WSMV in Nashville the evening after Dottie's fatal bus accident. She was dear to me. I recorded a live album for her jus.

Woman suspected of driving her school bus drunk
Chicago Tribune - United States
Police say a 41-year old school bus driver has been arrested on suspicion of driving her bus while drunk. Police Sgt. Paul Nicholas tells the Detroit Free ...
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Man Attacks Bus Driver, Attempts to Commandeer Vehicle
FOXNews - USA
May 14: A Milwaukee bus driver is attacked by a man who jumped on the transit bus.
MILWAUKEE — Police in Milwaukee are searching for a man who tried to ...
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Toddler turns bus ride into kidnap drama
guardian.co.uk - UK
A three-year-old caused a full-scale police search when he wandered off from his mother in a busy market and sneaked on to a bus yesterday. ...
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Object on bus delays Carmel students' departure
Indianapolis Star - United States
Students at Creekside Middle School in Carmel will arrive home late this afternoon after Carmel Clay School officials found an unidentified package on a bus ...
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India: 2 die after being pushed off bus
The Associated Press -
BHUBANESHWAR, India (AP) — A poor Indian worker and his 4-year-old daughter were crushed to death by a bus after the conductor pushed them off for not ...
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Fresh bus fare hikes anger poor
Bangkok Post - Thailand
The latest sharp increase in bus fares in Bangkok, given the nod by the Transport Ministry yesterday, has raised the ire of low-income workers who say it ...
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One-month ban for ‘bad record’ bus operator
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
“We will station our enforcement officers at all 36 bus terminals in the country to ensure the suspension order is complied with,” he said on Thursday night ...
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Looking for romance on the Blairs' love bus
Times Online - UK
In short, the evening bus from Oxford Street to Primrose Hill has become altogether less suitable for romance since the winter's night of 1975 when — as was ...
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Missing boy took 28-mile bus trip
BBC News - UK
A three-year-old boy who went missing while out shopping with his mother went on a 28-mile (45km) bus journey before being found by a police officer. ...
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Mayor unveils bus policing plan
BBC News - UK
An extra 440 uniformed police staff are to be drafted in to patrol major London bus stations to "take back our public places", Mayor Boris Johnson has said. ...
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China bus explodes after crash, 14 dead
A bus in east China has exploded after crashing into a tractor, killing at least 14 people, the official Xinhua news agency said.
ABC News: World - http://www.abc.net.au/news/world

Fears for bus link in county
By Ian Harvey
A vital bus service linking south
Shropshire with the county town could be axed if funding is not secured, it has been revealed.
Shropshire Star » News: - http://www.shropshirestar.com

Students Suffer Heat Exhaustion After Bus Breaks Down
Seventy high school students from Manteca were trapped on the side of the road on I-5 near Panoch Roach after their buses broke down in triple digit heat.
CBS 47: Local News - http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/

Wrong time to cut bus transit routes
I read on Friday about how the Maryland Transit Administration, in order not to "compete" with private bus charters is reducing or eliminating many bus runs (MTA rides to games...
Baltimore, MD News RSS Feed - YourStreet - http://www.yourstreet.com/baltimore-md

Bus Driver Arrested For Drunk Driving
Farmington Public Schools bus driver was stopped by police for driving erratically.
A2 LOCAL NEWS - Top Stories - http://wwj.com

YouTube - Dottie Rambo Bus Accident - News Story
This is the news story that ran on WSMV in Nashville the evening after Dottie's fatal bus accident. She was dear to me. I recorded a live album for her jus.

afety at mind in light of incidents
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
CHAPEL HILL, NC -- A jogger is dead after being hit by a
Chapel Hill transit bus. The 20-year-old woman is the fourth pedestrian to be killed on the town’s ...
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Conway pays for visitor's bus repairs
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
"Unfortunately incidents like that happen, but it turned out OK. Our kids got something that they can tell their kids about. They'll be telling their ...
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Report: Bus stop crimes on rise
Ypsilanti Courier - Ypsilanti,MI,USA
By Kathleen Conat , Special Writer Ypsilanti police have prepared a report titled "Incidents Reported at Ann Arbor Transit Authority,
220 Pearl Street, ...
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CTA's report card mediocre but improving
Chicago Tribune - United States
On another measurement, rail delays of 10 minutes or longer, the monthly goal is 78 or fewer incidents. But 132 such delays occurred in January, ...
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Belleville student approached, offered candy
Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA
The suspect left the area when the school bus appeared. Anyone with information regarding either of the incidents is asked to call Belleville Police at ...
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Full-blooded move seems so write
Gold Coast News - Molendinar,Queensland,Australia
The dawning of a day for a paramedic brings a lottery of incidents. In her time, Howell has attended to crane collapses, electrocutions, many industrial ...
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Third child abduction attempt reported
Valencia County News Bulletin - Belen,NM,USA
... and detective on high alert with all available personnel patrolling bus stops in eastern
Valencia County, where all three incidents have occurred. ...
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Mother Angry Principal Drove Pupils to Empty Home
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
... decided not to allow the two students to ride the school bus home, as they normally do, because of incidents that afternoon involving the younger child. ...
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Police act to halt vandalism on buses
Todmorden Today - Todmorden,England,UK
... been affected and Neighbourhood Policing Team officers will be targeting 'hot spot' areas and bus stops where incidents have occurred, mainly at night. ...
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Moorpark school bus driver charged with molesting boy
Thousand Oaks Acorn - CA, USA
According to the boy's allegations, the incidents took place in recent weeks, police reported. Last November, Floyd was assigned to mentor the youth through ...
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Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Sri Lanka
By Global Security News
Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents :
Sri Lanka more info GlobalIncidentMap.com provides details of this incident . To view full incident details you will need to click on the above link.
Close Protection Forum and Surveillan... - http://www.closeprotectionworld.co.uk

5:44 PM, I-40 E, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, Greenfield Pkwy
Traffic is traveling at 24 MPH at: US 70 BUS E; MM 87.4; Greenfield Pkwy.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Traffic confusion as bus breaks down
By Paul Hulbert(Paul Hulbert)
We tried to call the police to direct traffic, but we got put in a very long unanswered queue for their control room - they were presumably busy with other incidents. We gave up after nearly ten minutes.
Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington - http://localfocus.blogspot.com/

Video shows bus driver being pummeled by attacker
By Rick
Video cameras are everywhere it seems capturing interesting and often frightful incidents. In that second category, here's a video from a Milwaukee, Wis., transit bus showing the bus driver being attacked by a masked man in red. ...
Crime Time - http://startelegram.typepad.com/crime_time/

2004 Hazing Miscellaneous (High School) by Hank Nuwer and Kate ...
By Hank Nuwer
A 16-year-old volleyball player was assaulted by an older member of the team while on the bus drive home after a game. The 16-year-old was held down by other team members while the 17-year-old hit the younger member over the head with ...
Hazing Blog: News Results for... - http://www.hanknuwer.com/blog

School Bus Incidents — Blogs, Pictures, and more on WordPress
School Bus Incidents. Sorry, we don’t have any posts here with that tag. ... Find other items tagged with “school-bus-incidents”: ...

SCHOOL BUSES AND PRINCIPALS. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL. - The ...
Little kids grow up dreaming of the day when they can ride the bus to school. ... Sounds like a good deal, but the truth is bus troubles are worth more than ...

1 dies, 21 hurt as Culver City-Laughlin tour bus crashes
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
In the last five years, at least three tour buses owned by other companies have been involved in accidents in the desert, according to news reports. ...
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Dangerous living in metros
Merinews - New Delhi,India
No bus driver wants to become the cause of any accident; he values his life as much as you and I. But, circumstances beyond his control lead to accidents ...
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'Backseat kids' more prone to road accidents
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Some drive because their child has been bullied on the bus, others because they are worried about accidents and others because the school is on their way to ...
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Bus company defies directive Two
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
... were not aware that the bus company had been grounded for a month from Wednesday because their vehicles had been involved in a number of road accidents. ...
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Bad roads lead to accidents in Kishtwar
GreaterKashmir.com (press release) - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
Srinagar, May 17: The people in Kishtwar blame non-maintenance of roads by the Roads and Buildings Department as major cause of accidents in the area. ...
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After two deaths, Orissa cracks down on bus operators
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Orissa has around 6000 private buses and hundreds of people get killed in road accidents every year. “The new steps will also help prevent accidents in the ...
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Parkland driver killed by bus
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
... 47 people were killed from 2002 through 2006 in accidents involving school buses. Most of those were people in other vehicles that collided with a bus. ...
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No serious injuries in two bus accidents
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
--Emergency dispatchers reported two accidents involving school buses Friday morning. The incidents are unrelated. The first accident involved a school bus ...
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Six killed, 8 injured in road accidents
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
In another accident in Gujjarpura, a bus of a local transport company ran over a 50-year-old woman, later identified as Basheeran, a resident of Mughalpura, ...
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Pedestrian Safety A Concern After Jogger Hit By Bus
NBC 17.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
Zegeer said four-lane roads like Manning Drive are where most pedestrian-vehicle accidents happen. "One driver may stop and the car in the adjacent lane may ...
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One dead, 25 injured in traffic accidents
... and near Belgrade – killed one person, while 25 were left with injuries, reports say. A bus from the Valjevo-based branch of the Lasta bus company was involved in the first accident, when it collided head-on with an incoming truck.
B92 News in English - http://www.b92.net/eng/

Is safety of passengers the priority of Konsortium Bas Ekspres ...
By jamesooi
In recent years, there had been a number of bus accidents involving Konsortium. However, since December 2007, the number of accidents involving Konsortium has been quite frequent. The tragedies came into the limelight following the ...
Sunrise - http://sunrise.jolmy.com

Bangkok
By nobody@flickr.com (Mistifarang (no to videos))
After many horrific long distance bus accidents, and deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's campaign from 2003 onwards to eliminate drug trafficking, use of the drug for bus drivers is not as widespread as it was. ...
Uploads from Mistifarang (no to videos) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/toni_uni/

New Zealand Death Roads Claim 3 More Victims
By feww
Three dead in overnight road accidents. Another Tourist Killed in
New Zealand; One in 10 Kiwis Wants Out; Update: Irish Tourist Mugged and Battered. Tourist couple kidnapped at gunpoint, robbed, woman raped, husband assaulted . ...
New Zealand - http://newzeelend.wordpress.com

One-month ban for ‘bad record’ bus operator
By jlshyang(Des)
He said the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) made the decision after its inquiry revealed that many of the company’s buses were involved in road accidents. “We will station our enforcement officers at all 36 bus terminals in ...
Bus Crash No More - http://buscrashnomore.blogspot.com/

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