Sunday, July 20, 2008

7/20/08

Fatal Bus Crash in Cheshire, Dependants Could Sue
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Carol Jackson commented further, “The dependants of these poor women may wish to sue to bus driver for fatal injury compensation. Under the Fatal Accidents ...
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Selectboard ups BeeLine bus fare
Brattleboro Reformer - VT, United States
The Selectboard approved the acceptance of several grants Tuesday night, including $1000 to help the town establish a database to track accidents. ...
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Happy days spent on the buses
WalesOnline - United Kingdom
It has to be appreciated that this was before modern health and safety restrictions, but although buses were overcrowded there were rarely any accidents. ...
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Train-bus collision claims 40 in Egypt
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Road accidents are common in
Egypt where reckless driving, poor road and vehicle maintenance are blamed for the crashes.
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New Bus Turnaround Complete
KTEN - Denison,TX,USA
Commissioner Crisp says prior to this bus drivers had to pull over on Highway 82 to unload children, a procedure that caused multiple deadly accidents. ...
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Bus drivers have summer school
Little Chicago Review - Chicago,IL,USA
... Managing the Bus Environment by Dr. Nancy Blackwelder; Operation Lifesaver, Drug Awareness; Don’t Let Accidents Slow Your Momentum; Pretrip Inspections ...
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4 killed in road accidents
Daily Mail - Islamabad,Pakistan
According to police, a speedy bus (MNS-2775) crushed to death a man while crossing GT road near Harrapa by-pass. Meanwhile, a car (FS-4901) turned turtle on ...
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4 die, 6 hurt in accidents
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
According to police, a speedy bus crushed to death a man while crossing
GT Road near Harrapa by-pass. Meanwhile, a car overturned on Sahiwal-Pakpattan road ...
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Motorcyclists race, unaware, toward accident
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA
Saturday -- A Lawrence man was killed after colliding with a city T bus on his mo-ped. June 28 – A Douglas County sheriff’s deputy was struck and killed ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for July 17, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
A case of Fatal road accident has been registered in
Bantwal Town on where in one Harish Naik declared dead while under treatment on 16/07/2008 at 0800 hrs. The said Harish Naik was seriously injured by a KSRTC bus in a road traffic ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

Road Trip
By Brandt(robyn)
This is assuming no blowouts, breakdowns and/or accidents which are almost as frequent as mosquito bites. As you have read previously, Tanzanians don’t exactly follow any rules while driving. Well, except for the “bigger car/truck/bus ...
Journey: Tanzania - http://journeytanzania.blogspot.com/

[osint] 37 dead in Egypt as truck pushes cars into train’s path
By admin
Most accidents are caused by speeding and flaunting the rules of the road, with the Mediterranean coast packed during the summer months as
Cairo’s inhabitants leave the sweltering city for the relative cool of the north. ...
Open Source Intelligence - http://open-source-intelligence.org

Another John-and-his-luck post!
By pogbody(pogbody)
I think I posted some time ago about how John seems to attract accidents: how since we have been together I have lost count of the amount of traffic/road accidents or other medical emergencies we have just “happened” to come across as ...
Pigs in Space - http://pogbody.livejournal.com/

Beantown: July 2nd - July 4th
By professorsparkles
I slept most of the way luckily, and didn’t once wake up bathed in sweat from all the terror dreams about bus accidents. Lucky us. (and lucky me, for being at the end of this long, rambling post). Me in front of Paul Revere's house. ...
The First Tape - http://thefirsttape.wordpress.com

Cities Gone Wireless: Safety or Surveillance?
NPR - USA
Video from each bus is stored on a digital video recorder, or DVR, onboard. If an incident occurs, drivers press a button to mark the video, ...
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Metro Transit driver assaulted by teens
KAALtv.com - Rochester,MN,USA
There have been two other similar incidents involving victims at Metro Transit bus stops in the past three weeks, according to police. ...
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Police Blotter
Skokie Review - Skokie,IL,USA
The following incidents were listed among official reports of the
Skokie and Lincolnwood police departments. Readers are reminded that an arrest by police ...
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Following intensive talks with gardai, routes in Clondalkin and ...
Herald.ie - Dublin,Ireland
Two bus routes serving the area have diverted away from their scheduled routes over a series of incidents that reached crisis point when a driver was ...
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SE Queens Rapes Worry Residents
Queens Chronicle - Rego Park,NY,USA
The NYPD, for its part, has released a battery of sketches and alerts in the past week, as a jump in reported incidents has shined a light on the fact that ...
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Locals call for train disaster plaque at Brooklyn
Hornsby and Upper North Shore - Hornsby,NSW,Australia
The serene oyster and fishing village lost its innocence when a Kempsey-bound train coming down the hill from Cowan ploughed into a bus on the level ...
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She's driver of the year again
Wigan Today - Wigan,England,UK
Judy, a driver from the First Bus depot in Wigan, has landed the internal Bus Driver of Year award, retaining her crown. Last year she was the first woman ...
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Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Jordan
By Global Security News
Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents :
Jordan 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

CVS incident yesterday
By hoboken411
My take on the situation (from what I surmise): Somehow there was a “pedestrian/vehicle” incident involving the city run (and tax-payer funded) Crosstown bus… A man hit the bus, and the driver got out and confronted the angry ...
Hoboken 411 - http://hoboken411.com

11:34 AM, US-70 E, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, White Pine Dr
Traffic is traveling at 25 MPH at: US 70 BUS E; MM 91.2; White Pine Dr.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

July 10 Legal Eagle Press Piece on July 3rd Incident
By Karin Zirk(Karin Zirk)
The shortest trail into the site is from the "Middle Back Gate Bus Village Parking Lot." You will find there are many gatherers who love interacting with the media and will gladly be filmed. But in respect for people's freedom of ...
Wyoming Gathering 2008 - http://wyominggathering.blogspot.com/

Howard Dean Bus Tour Stops in Austin
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean’s bus tour of southern states swung through Texas on Thursday. Dean started the day in Crawford, Texas and then made his way to Austin where he planned to address a group of progressive political ...
Local News for MyFox Austin - http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox

GRTC may eliminate 7 Richmond bus routes
GRTC Transit System may eliminate some of its Richmond city bus routes. The Richmond City Council committee on Land Use, Housing and Transportation will hear a presentation Tuesday afternoon from GRTC officials about possible bus route ...
inRich News Main - http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.html

Granholm Takes Bus to Work
With gas well above the $4.00 mark we are all looking for ways to save some money, with many opting to take the bus rather than drive.
WLAJ.com : News Express - http://www.wlaj.com/

Several New Jersey teens injured in Utah bus crash
Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Cameron Roden said several of the 47 New Jersey teenagers aboard the bus were taken to hospitals with minor injuries. The bus also was carrying a half-dozen chaperones from Laine, NJ.
KBCI - News - Local - http://www.2news.tv/news/local

Judge grants defense motion in Cottonwood bus crash
A judge will allow defense attorneys for Olga Franco, the woman accused of causing a fatal bus crash, to argue that her boyfriend was driving at the time of the accident.
News & Features from Minnesota... - http://minnesota.publicradio.org/?refid=0

Politics could stall transit plan
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Bangkok's new mass-transit routes could be delayed due to political uncertainties, acknowledged a senior Finance Ministry official. ...
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Transit officials put $1 surcharge on taxi trips
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
By Steve Schmidt SAN DIEGO – San Diego-area transit officials on Thursday placed a $1 surcharge on taxi trips to help drivers cover their rising gas costs. ...
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CTA to experiment with seatless rail cars
Chicago Tribune - United States
(Tribune photo by Alex photo by Garcia /
July 17, 2008) The cattle car is being reintroduced on CTA trains, even though the transit agency has worked hard ...
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Make investment in transit now
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The Sierra Club opposed that package because the additional highway lanes would swamp all benefits of increased transit and worsen global warming. ...
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Fuel costs strain US mass transit, too
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
But even as more Americans pile onto city buses, subways, and suburban trains, the increase at the pump is also hitting transit agencies hard. ...
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Transit buses going green
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
Transit
Windsor plans to switch its next order of 18 diesel buses to the more expensive but environmentally friendly diesel-electric hybrid model. ...
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Hunt for cash-in-transit robbers
The Press Association -
Detectives are hunting armed robbers who fired a shot during a raid on a cash-in-transit van. It is understood up to 100000 euro could have been taken ...
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CTA gets OK to sell bonds for pension plan
Chicago Tribune - United States
By Jon Hilkevitch | Chicago Tribune reporter A state review gave the Chicago Transit Authority the go-ahead Thursday to sell bonds to provide funding for ...
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Gwinnett may still be roadblock to transit solutions
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
Criminals don't ride mass transit on their way to robbing a bank or breaking into a home. They use cars that are driven on highways. ...
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Regional leaders hope mass transit will ease gridlock
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
Local planners are attempting to come up with an overall view of the region's transit options with an outlook decades down the road. ...
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Top News: New Mexico Sued Over Rail Runner Tracks
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Journal Staff Report)
Santa Fe Southern, which operates a tourist train along the rail route through Santa Fe that is being converted for use by the Rail Runner, has filed suit against the state Department of Transportation saying the department intends to ...
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Sound Transit Board chair, vice chairs endorse 2008 mass transit ...
The top three governing officials of the Sound Transit board today announced their support for putting a mass transit ballot measure on the November ballot.
Sound Transit Latest News Releases - http://www.soundtransit.org

BART breaks ground for transit village at Pleasant Hill Station
Transit village at Pleasant Hill Station will allow residents to live, work, shop and play close to transit.
BART News - http://www.bart.gov/

LOCKPORT: Starbucks on Transit Road to close
Starbucks Coffee Co. on Transit Road in the Town of Lockport is one of the latest casualties of a companywide move to turn the struggling coffee chain’s economic fortunes around.
Niagara Gazette--Local News - http://www.niagara-gazette.com

Fuel costs strain US mass transit, too
By Steve Trinward
... the nation’s slow move away from the automobile and toward public transportation. But even as more Americans pile onto city buses, subways, and suburban trains, the increase at the pump is also hitting transit agencies hard.” (
07/18/08)
Rational Review » RRND News - http://www.rationalreview.com

NJ teens, friends resumetour after bus crash in Utah
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
Police described the scene of the accident as extremely winding, with really sharp curves, and the scene of many prior accidents.
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Pakistan road accident kills 11, injures 17 others
Mathaba.Net - London,UK
Eleven persons were killed and 17 others injured in a collision between a bus and a wagon in
Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Thursday, police said. ...
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Speed limit of Brymbo accident blackspot lowered to 30mph
Evening Leader - Wrexham,Wales,UK
Last year there was an accident involving a car and school bus. I am pleased that the views of local residents have now been taken into account. ...
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Nigeria: FRSC And Sanity On Roads
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
From the number of fatal and horrific accidents, it is clear that we are nowhere near to having achieved a relative amount of safety on our roads than we ...
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Motorists need to think of safety in yielding to buses
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
... which has to slam on his brakes to avoid hitting my bus, was not cut off. He failed to yield and the accident would absolutely have been his fault. ...
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Bus filled with teens, including from NY, rolls over in Utah
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
They were about 20 or 30 miles from Bryce, when the accident occurred. "After the bus rolled, it caught fire after the occupants were out. ...
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Cars Speeding in Residential Areas to Get Tickets
동아일보 - South Korea
... will be installed in every bus, taxi and cargo truck. The government intends to use the devise in analyzing the cause of accidents and improving driving ...
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Egypt train crash toll reaches 42
Inquirer.net - Philippines
Around 6000 people are killed and 30000 injured in traffic accidents each year, according to transport ministry figures.
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Seven killed, 28 injured in Algeria road accident
AFP -
The accident happened when a truck and a bus collided on one of the main highways in the region, 300 kilometres (186 miles) west of
Algiers. ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for July 18, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
A case of
Non Fatal Road accident has been registered in Mangalore North Police Station. On 16/07/2008 at 1200 hrs at Hampanakatte Mangalore one driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-AD-6444 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

Bay Window Bus :: RE: Coolest Interior
In the years that followed my religious conversion to seat belts, as a firefighter/rescue worker, I saw many accidents where countless folks were held in place by their seat belts/shoulder harnesses, to their advantage. ...
TheSamba.com - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/

Energy Crisis
By Roger McLeod(Roger McLeod)
Such large volumes of gas hold tremendous amounts of combustible energy, as is shown by the fiery results of severe accidents! Combustible gas is extracted and burned steadily from the water, unlike larger volumes of pure hydrogen which ...
Energy Management and Home Automation... - http://energymanagementinsa.blogspot.com/

Bus Accident Injury Claims
By admin
This can lead to the roads being a busy and hectic time during the summer months and means more concentration for the bus drivers. Tiredness can creep in affecting judgement leading to accidents and injury to both the driver and their ...
Injury lawyers Blog - http://www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk/injury-lawyers-blog

The Seat Belt Law
By Elmer(Elmer)
There has been an alarming rate of road accidents in
Hong Kong recently. Some of these accidents have cost lives which is very unfortunate. Minibuses are often involved in these road mishaps. Even with the installation of large ...
Living In Hong Kong - http://hongkong-life.blogspot.com/

Busload of gripes in audit
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
The numbers spiked after The News' series and when Schools Chancellor Joel Klein vowed to overhaul the broken system of investigating bus incidents. ...
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Former school bus driver pleads guilty to sex abuse
Glens Falls Post-Star - Glens Falls,NY,USA
... from incidents that occurred in 2007 and involved three boys between 12 and 14 years old, including one victim who Conrad met while working on his bus ...
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Ex-school bus driver admits molesting boys
Schenectady Gazette - Schenectady,NY,USA
Murphy said police were alerted to the incidents when one of the boys confided in a family member. Murphy said all of the incidents occurred between April ...
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Concern growing over bike accidents
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
Yesterday's collision, which took place during the morning rush, happened when a 2005 GMC van was driving northbound on Route 2 behind a school bus. ...
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Long Day’s Journey Into Nascar
New York Times - United States
The race is interrupted by an eight-minute rain delay and a number of accidents and yellow-flag incidents, which send a pace car out onto the track to ...
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Man charged with flashing on Phoenix bus
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
A man who allegedly exposed himself and masturbated on a bus in
Phoenix faces multiple charges for the July 4 incident. Police say adults on the bus ...
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Four bus passengers electrocuted in Bihar
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
... sitting on the roof of the bus,” a police officer added. Early this week, five people including two children were electrocuted in two separate incidents ...
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Vikings deny tampering with Favre
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
I noticed that you mentioned a lot of incidents where Viking players had legal issues. You failed to mention Freeman wrapping his car … read more around a ...
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Is there life on other planets?
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
Franks said he believes the government has withheld information about mysterious incidents. He sent his photos to the Pensacola News Journal, but otherwise ...
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Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : India
Incident ID 10021 : To view full incident details click on the link above.
Global Incident Map - http://www.globalincidentmap.com

Dublin Bus routes disrupted by thugs
By armitage
Two bus routes serving the area have diverted away from their scheduled routes over a series of incidents that reached crisis point when a driver was viciously beaten. According to sources, the young victim was headbutted and punched on ...
BUSRAGE - http://busrage.com/

3:32 AM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 29 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Significant Incident Report: Wednesday July 16, 2008
By pdpd
Tatum accosted a female adult at the bus stop. Tatum was also found to be out of compliance as a sex registrant in
Palm Springs. #T08198076 (MB). Rancho Mirage. No Significant Incidents. Indian Wells. No Significant Incidents ...
Palm Desert Police Department - http://www.palmdesertpolice.com/blog

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