Wednesday, November 5, 2008

11/5/08

Up to 20 killed in fire on board bus in Germany
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
Up to 20 people have died following a fire on board a tour bus in northern Germany last night. The vehicle was travelling along an autobahn when the fire ...
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Twenty Die, 12 Hurt in Bus Fire on German Freeway Near Hanover
Bloomberg - USA
5 (Bloomberg) -- Twenty people were killed and a dozen injured after a bus caught fire yesterday evening on a freeway near the city of Hanover in northern ...
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Bus-fare boxes malfunctioning
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
5, 2008 12:00 AM Bus riders have been scoring free trips in the wake of ongoing mechanical problems with new fare boxes on about 800 buses throughout the ...
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BC-India-Bus-Crash
guardian.co.uk - UK
AP foreign BC-India-Bus-Crash, 1st World News Obama, McCain head toward voters' verdict CHICAGO - Democrat Barack Obama's bid to become the first black US ...
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Bus driver who hit woman charged
Durham Herald Sun - Durham,NC,USA
BY BETH VELLIQUETTE : The Herald-Sun CHAPEL HILL -- Police charged Chapel Hill Transit bus driver James Willie Orr Tuesday with misdemeanor death by vehicle ...
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Court records: Bus driver noted fatigue
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The driver of a bus that crashed in April, killing a Pelican Rapids student, had told a colleague about an hour before the accident that he was tired and ...
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Blasts in Baghdad kill 15, wound 29
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs exploded at a bus station and a small market in Baghdad, killing 15 people and wounding 29 others Tuesday, police and hospital ...
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Bus Expansion Delayed
KOTA - Rapid City,SD,USA
Expanding the city bus route and increasing the fare were on the agenda for the city council Monday night, but after much discussion, they voted to delay ...
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German officials: spark may be cause of bus fire
The Associated Press
HANNOVER, Germany (AP) — A bus fire that killed 20 people in northern Germany may have been caused by a spark from the undercarriage, prosecutors said ...
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Schoool bus driver charged in child sex assault case
A Grayslake Elementary District 46 school bus driver has been accused of sexually assaulting a child, the Lake County News-Sun reports. Clarence Ratzke, 74, of Round Lake, was arrested and charged with predatory criminal sexual assault ...
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Police: Bus Shooter May Have Left Behind Shirt
The gunman who shot and killed a 14-year-old boy on a Montgomery County bus may have left behind a black hooded sweat shirt, police say.
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7 Injured in Howard County Bus Crash
Howard County police say seven people were hospitalized after a crash between a county bus and a tractor trailer.
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Bus fares expected to slide from Friday
By Mark McGowan
This decision comes after consultations were held last week between the Ministry and the General Mini Bus Association, following the reduction of the gas prices at some service stations locally. According to the Minister, ...
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Philippines - 14 hurt in another bus accident on EDSA
Metro & National News MRT-Mandaluyong dispute goes to CA A Mandaluyong city court has elevated to the Court of Appeals (CA) the legal battle over the ownership of the three stations of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) barely t… ...
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Blueline mows down biker
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old motorcyclist died after being hit by a speeding Blueline bus in Pandav Nagar, east Delhi. The victim, Magendra Mishra, ...
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Blueline kills 55-year-old woman
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: A 55-year-old woman was killed on Monday afternoon when she came under a speeding Blueline bus near Sarai Kale Khan in south Delhi. ...
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Business Gazette
Teenager fatally shot on bus
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
"Sometimes these horrible incidents bring neighborhoods together," she said. by friends Tai was very popular for a ninth-grader, said Montgomery Blair ...
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York hit by Mischief Night incidents
The Press, York - York,North Yorkshire,UK
In a separate incident, police received a report last night saying someone had thrown a stone at a female after she got off a bus in Heslington, York. ...
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Operations running smoothly at West Bus Station
AntiguaSun - St' John's,Antigua and Barbuda
by Afeefah Beharry Following a series of chaotic incidents at the West Bus Station, operations at the terminal are reportedly running smoothly. ...
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Greyhound stabbing suspect scheduled for Ont. bail hearing
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
MARIE, Ont. - A 28-year-old man accused of stabbing a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in September is scheduled to appear in a northern Ontario court ...
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Deaf-mute youth thrown out of bus by conductor
Times of India - India
Police are now looking for the guilty conductor. Sunday’s incident is the latest in a string of incidents involving misbehaviour by bus conductors. ...
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Second collision in two weeks prompts concern
The Kingston Whig-Standard - Kingston,Ontario,Canada
The agency responsible for getting 36000 area students to school safely by bus every day says it will review its public safety campaigns after a number of ...
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Lake Co. bus driver charged with sexually assaulting child
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
"But, there is absolutely no indication there were any incidents with any children at District 46." Goldstein added Durham Jones provides frequent ...
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NYC Comptroller's Press Release - THOMPSON DEMANDS DEPARTMENT OF ...
THOMPSON DEMANDS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADDRESS SCHOOL BUS INCIDENTS. View Letter. In the wake of yet another incident involving a child left on a school ...

Public calls for removing old-aged buses in Myanmar former capital
Xinhua - China
... in order to reduce traffic jams and accidents, the report said. According to the report, there is a total of 310 bus lines with6,330 buses transporting ...
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Bus drivers mourn Rockford death
Rockford Register Star - Rockford,IL,USA
Minor accidents, failure to yield and minor speeding tickets do not disqualify a person from driving a school bus, he said. Offenses that would disqualify a ...
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Bus drivers mourn boy, 9, who died Monday
Rockford Register Star - Rockford,IL,USA
So far this year, district buses have been involved in 14 police-investigated accidents, Wilson said, a number that’s pretty average compared with other ...
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Deadly crashes spark mandatory safety training for Alberta school ...
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
By The Canadian Press The training is a key recommendation from an independent review called by Premier Ed Stelmach after two fatal school bus accidents. ...
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India bus accident kills 46 as driver changes CD
International Herald Tribune - France
Reckless driving and poor road conditions frequently cause accidents with high death tolls in India. In October, at least 23 people died in a bus crash in ...
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India bus plunge 'leaves 45 dead'
BBC News - UK
The driver of the bus was among the dead. Five people survived and are being treated at a local hospital. Road accidents are common in India and claim ...
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Editorial: Death on the road
Business Mirror - Philippines
THE growing number of road accidents involving public utility bus (PUB) drivers is a clear sign that the problem goes beyond the Land Transportation ...
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Bus rolls into gorge in India's north, killing 45
The Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger bus rolled into a gorge near a popular ski resort on Tuesday, killing at least 45 people in northern India, police said. ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for November 04, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
A case of Fatal Road accident has been registered in Uppinangady Police Station. On 02/11/2008 at 1515 hrs on NH 48 at Gundya Shirady village Puttur Taluk one Vivekananda Nayak driver of bus bearing Reg. No. ...
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Bus Vs Car Vs Truck Crazy Accident
Title: Bus Vs Car Vs Truck Crazy Accident Description: That open bar tour bus promotion was bound to have some drawbacks. Category: Accidents Added: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT.
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His trailer fish-tailed all over the highway
By Ron Melancon(Ron Melancon)
The West Coast Express commuter trains that run from Mission to Vancouver BC have an extended bus service that parallels the train trips offering mid day trips to/from Vancouver. This morning the second bus of the morning crashed within ...
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