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Accident on East Imperial Highway Causes Multiple Injuries

A serious accident occurred near LAX airport on June 27, hospitalizing seven people and injuring 13 others in an LADOT bus crash. The accident occurred along East Imperial Highway, close to Aviation Boulevard, around 8:25 a.m. The multiple-casualty collision was responded to by officers with the El Segundo Police and fire departments as well as the LA fire department. 

Bus Crash With Other Vehicles Happens at Mack Road On-Ramp

A bus collision with several motor vehicles happened in Sacramento on September 9 along the South Sacramento Freeway. The accident happened, according to the incident report by the California Highway Patrol (CHP), around 7:23 a.m. along northbound S.R. 99 at the eastbound Mack Road on-ramp. The crash was reported by a person in a Nissan who was involved in the collision. Sacramento Fire Department emergency responders were called to the scene to assess injuries. 

The Special Circumstances of a Bus Accident

Bus transportation is generally relatively safe – until it isn’t, and an accident occurs. A serious bus crash can change your life if you suffer severe injuries. The legal process after a bus accident sometimes differs from that following a regular car accident.   Although Sacramento bus accidents are uncommon when they occur, there is the potential for many people on the bus to be injured. To protect your legal rights, if you have been injured in a bus crash, contact an experienced Sacramento bus accident lawyer.

School Bus Driver Falls Asleep at the Wheel 

A San Juan Unified District school bus made what could have been a life-threatening journey on Monday, December 16, when the driver fell asleep at the wheel. The bus was traveling eastbound on Tupelo Drive in the vicinity of Andrea Boulevard when it hit several objects before crashing into a home. According to investigators with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) at the scene, the school bus also struck a car that was parked as well as a telecommunications box. The bus was empty except for the driver, and no injuries were reported. Damage to the garage was reported. There was no indication that alcohol or drugs were involved. 

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Sacramento Bus Driver Faces Charges of Vehicular Manslaughter

I’m Ed Smith, a Sacramento bus accident lawyer. Charges of vehicular manslaughter, which is a felony, have been filed against a bus driver in a wreck in 2016 along Highway 99. The accident resulted in the death of four passengers in Merced County near Atwater. The charges come at the conclusion of an investigation by the California Highway Patrol into the cause of the accident.

Interstate 5 Big Rig Bus Crash
Interstate 5 Big Rig Bus Crash

A Greyhound bus was transporting nearly 50 people to San Francisco during the early morning hours of Thursday, December 29, 2016. A big rig driver rear-ended the Greyhound bus causing a frightening crash along the northbound lanes of Interstate 5.

School Bus Driver Under Influence
Drunk School Bus Driver

I’m Ed Smith, a Sacramento Bus Accident Attorney. Last week in Napa County, a 24-year old bus driver was arrested on child endangerment charges and suspicion of driving under the influence. The woman has been employed by Napa Valley Unified School District since the beginning of 2015. She was carrying 28 students on board the 2013 Thomas school bus. This incident occurred shortly after 3pm on the afternoon of December 11, 2015.

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Tour Bus Crash

I’m Ed Smith, a Sacramento Bus Accident Attorney.  I have been helping victims of bus accidents in Sacramento and throughout Northern California for over three decades.  Accidents involving municipal and city buses are far more common than accidents involving charter or tour buses.  However, recently there have been tour bus accidents in the news.

Double-Decker Tour Bus Crash at San Francisco’s Union Square

Recently in San Francisco’s Union Square, a sightseeing tour bus crashed.  It left more than twenty people injured, some critically.

Witnesses describing the horrifying bus crash said that the tour bus came barreling over two city blocks.  The bus ran into and caused injuries to a bicyclist and to two pedestrians. It went on to hit several cars before coming to a rest up against some scaffolding adjacent to a construction site.

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High deck buses are automatically at a greater risk of serious injuries to passengers because they have a high center of gravity and can tip over when making turns or curves at elevated speeds. These vehicles have a greater chance of causing serious and often fatal accidents. It is too easy for the drivers of high-deck buses to lose control of these vehicles.

trucks.freewayThese are often caused by drivers who are fatigued from driving long distances. There are other risk factors to having a serious high-deck bus accident. These factors include drivers and passengers not wearing a seat belt. There can be drunk driving, reckless driving with the majority of accidents occurring between 12 am and dawn. Exchange ramps on freeways are particularly dangerous because of the curve involved and the speeds involved.

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