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Calif. Municipal Bus Agency Considers Changes After Fatal Crash

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is considering policy changes in the wake of a pedestrian fatality involving one of the agency’s buses. Muni officials tell the San Francisco Chronicle they may require all drivers to get a specific route …

Slipped Purse Blamed for South Carolina Bus Wreck

Authorities say a school bus driver’s purse that slipped behind a brake pedal caused a wreck that injured the driver and several students. Investigators told the Augusta Chronicle the driver was trapped and some students suffered minor injuries on Friday …

Greyhound Bus Overturns in Pennsylvania, 14 Taken to Hospital

The driver of a Greyhound bus bound for St. Louis lost control on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Saturday, sending the bus careering across the highway and up an embankment before it landed on its side on the interstate, briefly trapping …

Bus Fire in China Caused by Flammable Chemicals

A Chinese state media report says a fire on a double-decker bus that killed 41 people last month was caused by flammable chemicals that were being illegally transported on board. Xinhua News Agency says investigators found that the chemicals directly …

DOT Conducts Surprise Safety Inspections to Boost Bus Safety

Over 400 unsafe buses or drivers were removed from the nation’s roadways as a result of more than 3,000 surprise passenger carrier safety inspections over a two-week period in May, according to the Department of Transportation (DOT). The Federal Motor …

17 Hurt in Maryland Bus Crash

Authorities say a motor coach bus has gone off the road and overturned in Queen Anne’s County, injuring 17 people, including 10 children. The county fire department says the bus overturned at Route 213 near Centreville on Thursday morning. Video …

NTSB Panel to Focus on Deadly Truck, Bus Accidents

On a clear June afternoon, a tractor-trailer truck crested a small rise on a stretch of interstate highway in Oklahoma. Plainly visible in the distance were more than a dozen cars and trucks that had stopped while a fender-bender was …

Students, Bus Driver Injured in Missouri Bus Accident

A dump truck rear-ended a school bus in suburban Kansas City, sending six students and the bus driver to hospitals with apparently minor injuries. Lee’s Summit School District spokeswoman Janice Phelan says the students were headed to the AmericanJazzMuseum when …