Sherman, Texas bus accident

Infobox bus accident
title=Sherman, Texas bus accident


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date=0:00, August 8, 2008
location=Sherman, Texas
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deaths=17
injuries=|A bus chartered by Vietnamese pilgrims crashed in Texas on Friday 8 August 2008, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens more, police said. [ [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/081008dnmetbuscrashfolo.2d560563.html Dallas Morning News; death toll now 17] ] The bus, carrying 55 people, drove off a major highway overpass bridge shortly after midnight and crashed near the town of Sherman, some 96 kilometers north of Dallas.

Sherman police said "A blown tire on the bus may have caused the driver to lose control." [ [http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/08/rss.htm#37 13 Vietnamese pilgrims killed in Texas bus crash] ] Local media said that the group was from the Vietnamese Martyrs' Church, Our Lady of Lavange, and Our Lady of Lourdes of Houston, Texas. The bus was one of three buses carrying Vietnamese Catholics on their way to the annual Marian (Marian Days) celebration in Carthage, Missouri in honor of the Virgin Mary. The bus tire was apparently recapped; the bus charter company had a history of safety violations, and the driver had a criminal record. The bus owner was identified as Iguala BusMex Inc.

Following the crash, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration temporarily stopped issuing new bus company licenses. [cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Aug13/0,4670,TexasBusCrash,00.html|title=Feds nix new bus company licenses after crash|last=Robbins|first=Danny|date=August 13, 2008|work=Fox News|accessdate=2008-09-10] [cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D92H79TO0.html|title=Licensing of new bus companies halted|date=08/13/2008 |work=Dallas Morning News|accessdate=2008-09-10]

The bus did not have seat belts. Some people have called for mandatory seat belts in highway coaches. [cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5934860.html|title=Sherman crash angers those fighting for bus reforms. Activists say belts, special glass can save lives; industry defends standards|last=Horswell|first=Cindy|date=Aug. 10, 2008, 10:58PM|work=Houston Chronicle|accessdate=2008-09-10]

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4s2W5z4cM Bus Crash North of Dallas Kills 12]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvUyQwlictw Illegal Tire Found in Bus Crash That Killed 15]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgjxJPz5jbE Deadly Texas Bus Crash]
* [http://www.nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=82562&z=1 Xe chở giáo dân đi hành hương Đại Hội Thánh Mẫu gặp tai nạn: ít nhất 15 người thiệt mạng]
* [http://www.nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=82533&z=75 14 người Việt hành hương thiệt mạng vì tai nạn xe buýt]