Just before 3:30 p.m. on Monday, a school bus slammed into a tree and split apart, killing at least five children in Chattanooga, Tennessee, officials said. The bus was carrying 35 students in kindergarten through fifth-grade from an elementary school when it turned over on…
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After a yearlong investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that pilot error caused the fiery crash in Ohio that killed two pilots and seven passengers aboard a corporate jet last November. The board said that the pilots botched runway approach and failed…
Four people were killed and more than 40 others injured when a bus carrying a college football team, as well as some students from a nearby Christian school, crashed into an overpass in North Carolina. Killed were the bus driver, a 10-year-old boy, and two…
A Philadelphia jury recently awarded a $5 million verdict to four passengers injured in a Greyhound bus crash with a tractor-trailer. At approximately 1:30 a.m. on October 9, 2013, the bus driver was on an overnight trip from New York to Cleveland when she slammed…
Railroad safety is for everyone, not just drivers. Pedestrians who choose to walk or play around railroad tracks are trespassing on private property and could be fined, seriously injured or killed. Two witnesses said that at about 8:30 p.m. they saw three teens walking on…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has confirmed that the hot air balloon crash in Central Texas that killed 16 on board, struck power lines before catching on fire and plummeting to the ground. Investigators also said it was cloudy at the time and there…
Duck boats are amphibious vessels that were once used by the US military in World War II. After the war, they were used by civilian law enforcement agencies and also converted to sightseeing vehicles in cities across the country. Over the last five years there…
An investigation has confirmed that the Home Ride charter bus that overturned on Powhite Parkway, injuring over 30 of the 54 college students on board, was the result of speeding. The bus, operated by Abbott Trailways, was traveling from Virginia Commonwealth University to Virginia Tech…
Five people died in a collision between a “Ride the Ducks” tour vehicle and a charter bus on the Aurora Bridge. All victims were students attending North Seattle College. A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the Duck’s left-front axle was “sheared…
A preliminary accident report found that a pilot killed when his plane crashed at a railroad crossing on Long Island was directed by an air traffic controller to land on a runway that no longer exists. The fifty-nine-year-old pilot died August 16 after his single-engine…
