11/4/08

India: 45 dead as bus plunges into gorge CNN International - USA NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- A passenger bus plunged 200 meters (650 feet) into a gorge in northern India on Tuesday, killing 45 people, police said. ... See all stories on this topic

Rockford boy, 9, hit by school bus, dies Chicago Tribune - United States A 9-year-old boy was hit by a school bus and killed as he tried to cross a street in Rockford on Monday morning, police said. ... See all stories on this topic

Injured Teenagers Expected to Recover in Bus Shooting Washington Post - United States By Aaron C. Davis and Dan Morse A 14-year-old and a 15-year-old injured Saturday night in a rare shooting on a Montgomery County bus in Silver Spring are ... See all stories on this topic

HISD weighs $17 million to bus students to magnets Houston Chronicle - United States By ERICKA MELLON Houston school officials are weighing whether they can afford to keep spending $17 million a year to bus students to specialized — and in ... See all stories on this topic

Police: Bombing at Baghdad bus station kills 3 The Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Police say a bomb hidden under a car has exploded at a bus station in Baghdad, killing three people and wounding six others. ... See all stories on this topic

City looks at raising bus fare to $1.50 Greenville News - Greenville,SC,USA Meanwhile, the city-run Greenlink bus system was hammered by the cost of fuel, budgeting $375000 for the just-ended fiscal year and spending $563000, ... See all stories on this topic

Students uninjured after LISD bus wreck News-Journal.com - Longview,TX,USA No students were injured when a Longview Independent School District bus was involved in a wreck just before noon Monday, district spokesman Brian Bowman ... See all stories on this topic

11 students slightly hurt in school bus crash Chicago Tribune - United States AP SPICELAND, Ind. - Eleven students and two adults on a school bus were slightly injured when a sport utility vehicle rear-ended the bus in Henry County. ... See all stories on this topic New guide launched for Oxford cyclists and bus drivers Oxford Mail - Oxford,UK When you think about the thousands of bus and cycle journeys made every day, the number of incidents is surprisingly small, but even one accident is too ... See all stories on this topic Airport shuttles damaged in apparent sabotage Cyprus Mail - Nicosia,Cyprus According to reports, the incidents were reported to police, who at the bus companies’ request are investigating quietly so as not to cause any upset or ... See all stories on this topic Partymen block traffic, set buses on fire Express Buzz - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India CHENNAI: A Government bus was set on fire near Kasi Theatre in Chennai late on Sunday night by three members of the Puthiya Thamizhagam as a protest against ... See all stories on this topic Dispatchers Flushed Out of Safety Hall istockAnalyst.com (press release) - Salem,OR,USA "It's the mobile command unit we use for major incidents," Baker said. The bus is parked in the main Police Department parking lot at Safety Hall. ... See all stories on this topic Deaf-mute youth thrown out of bus by conductor By Miss-Delectable Sunday’s incident is the latest in a string of incidents involving misbehaviour by bus conductors. On May 27 this year, a conductor of a Balurghat-bound state bus pulled a blind woman by the hand and forced her to get off a seat which, ... AllDeaf.com - http://www.alldeaf.com/ CAMERAS on BUSES * Australia - Bus passengers told to smile By truckbus(truckbus) Although coastal bus services between Noosa and Caloundra, run by Sunbus, have been at the centre of a number of violent incidents involving drunken youths this year, they are also better monitored... GCC manager Trevor Cave said the ... buses world news - http://busnews.blogspot.com/ Two-and-half years old dies in Delhi accident Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand In another accident, 22-year-old Radhey Shyam was crushed to death when he came under the wheels of a Blueline bus operating on route number 254 between ... See all stories on this topic The Hindu : New Delhi News : Man run over by Blueline bus NEW DELHI: A young man was run over by a Blueline bus in Daryaganj here on Monday. The driver fled abandoning the bus. Twenty-eight-year-old Nadeem Khan got ... Bus driver in NLEX mishap faces homicide raps Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines “We will review the record of the bus company and if we find that it had already three accidents we have no recourse but to cancel its franchise to operate ... See all stories on this topic Govt is partly to blame for traffic accidents New Vision - Kampala,Uganda Only in the last five years, the Rutoto bus accident that involved over 70 passengers who were totally incinerated has not gone into oblivion. ... See all stories on this topic Bus firms want to make streets safer for bikes Oxford Mail - Oxford,UK By Tom Shepherd » The guide – called Bus Drivers and Cyclists In Harmony – contains advice for cyclists on how to avoid accidents, and tips for bus drivers ... See all stories on this topic Three killed, 43 injured in accident in Delhi Zee News - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India ... separate accidents in the capital. A 22-year-old cyclist identified as Radheshyam was killed last night when he was hit by a blueline bus in Wazirabad. ... See all stories on this topic A more effective safety framework Manila Times - Philippines Of course, the bus drivers and their operators cannot be held solely responsible for fatal accidents. Other motorists also flout traffic rules, I know. ... See all stories on this topic Mangalorean.com Mangalore: Five killed in bus-car crash Mangalorean.com - Mangalore,India ... recent days but the bus drivers do not care and drive rashly but the smaller vehicles have to slow down on bad roads that is when the accidents occur. ... See all stories on this topic Egypt bus crash claims 7 Belgian lives PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran A bus accident in south Egypt has left seven Belgian tourists dead and 28 people including 25 Belgians and three Egyptians injured. ... See all stories on this topic Metro bus drivers not keen on fixed salary MANILA, Philippines - Bus drivers in Metro Manila are not too keen on a fixed-salary system proposed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to avoid further accidents. GMA News.tv - http://www.gmanews.tv/ Improving Service Quality * Viet Nam - Passenger violations. 185 ... By truckbus(truckbus) In addition, officials are increasingly hearing reports of buses ignoring traffic laws, stopping abruptly in traffic, cutting-off other motorists and causing traffic accidents, as well as ignoring some bus stops. ... buses world news - http://busnews.blogspot.com/ Lightrail Safety and Downtown Crime Trends By Andrea Wilson ... employees and informed transit passengers to reduce transportation related crime and accidents. Janice Dunlap works at the Arizona State University Downtown Campus and rides the bus to and from her home in Glendale every day. ... Downtown Phoenix Journal - - http://www.downtownphoenixjournal.com/ Disabled riders used as pawns in transit strike Brantford Expositor - Canada The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 685 and Operation Lift have been engaged in negotiations for a first contract. Twenty drivers and dispatchers have been ... See all stories on this topic Police belies claim of brake failure, prepares charges vs. bus ... Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines He belied initial reports from the Tollways Management Corp. that the bus was overloaded with 72 passengers, as he noted that it carried only 63 passengers ... See all stories on this topic Beheading threat spooks Windsor man on bus Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada WINDSOR, Ont. - A Windsor man stranded in Manitoba following a death threat on a Greyhound bus was trying to find a new way back to his hometown over the ... See all stories on this topic Sex Offenders Near Your School Bus Stop KRDO - Colorado Springs,CO,USA What about your child's school bus stop? Just like we did with 13 southern Colorado school districts, NEWSCHANNEL 13 checked for registered sex offenders ... See all stories on this topic LTFRB suspends franchise of bus firm in fatal Pampanga road accident GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines MANILA, Philippines - The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday suspended for 30 days the franchise of a bus firm that ... See all stories on this topic Bus riding trend likely to stick The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA Riding the bus can reduce a person's "carbon footprint" by two tons a year, said William Millar, president of the American Public Transportation Association ... See all stories on this topic Fermina bus lines face 1-month suspension over Nov.1 NLEX accident ABS CBN News - Philippines The Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has meted a one-month suspension against the Fermina Bus Express Co., after being involved in a ... See all stories on this topic Motorcycle, bus collide St. Cloud Times - St. Cloud,MN,USA SAUK CENTRE — A motorcycle collided with a Red River Trails tour bus on Stearns County Road 184 Saturday in Sauk Centre Township. The incident occurred at ... See all stories on this topic Teen fatally shot on Montgomery County bus Baltimore Sun - United States Police say they responded to a report of a shooting at a bus stop on Piney Branch Road and Arliss Street about 11 pm Saturday. They found three boys on a ... See all stories on this topic Bus passenger injured by rock A PASSENGER was hit in the head after a rock was thrown through the window of a moving bus. Manchester Evening News - http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ Arrests over attack on bus TWO teenagers have been arrested for a cricket ball attack on a bus which left a great grandmother with horrific injuries. Gazette Live - News - Local News - http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/ Bus operators in Harjumaa increased fare 60 percent By Toomas Hõbemägi The new system of bus fare that took effect on November 1 has increased ticket prices on some lines by 60 percent. BBN news - http://www.balticbusinessnews.com/ Bus attack survivors blame govt, transporter, militants equally ... KanglaOnline - Kangla,Manipur,India The incident was a display of terror from the militant group which the people of the state would never forget, he added. He said the passenger bus was ... See all stories on this topic Board to view bus camera systems The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA County schools officials instead planned to install only 10 cameras per year, but after recent incidents aboard school buses they decided to pursue the ... See all stories on this topic Four arson attacks carried out in İstanbul Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey We are always on the alert because of these incidents,” the eyewitness further said. On Saturday evening, a bus belonging to the İETT was set on fire by a ... See all stories on this topic LTFRB mulls salary standards for bus drivers GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines MANILA, Philippines – In a bid to curb the number of road accidents caused by spending buses, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board ... See all stories on this topic 'I had told the driver to slow down' Times of India - India "I had told the bus driver to slow down,'' said Kasad. The accident occurred around 11 am when an MSRTC bus heading from Mumbai to the coastal town of Dhive ... See all stories on this topic Daily Crime Incidents for November 02, 2008. By spdk(spdk) A case of Non Fatal Road accident has been registered in Ullal Police Station. On 01/11/2008 at 1015 hrs near Divyashree bar at Thalapady village Mangalore Taluk one Umanatha driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KL-14-G-6577 drove his vehicle ... spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/ Death toll in Texas bus crash rises to 17 - CNN.com The bus smashed into a guardrail before rolling on its side and sliding into a gully. The accident happened near the Texas-Oklahoma state line. ...