posted by admin on Jul 27
Six people are dead and more than 30 injured in a crash involving a Greyhound bus and two other cars on northbound Highway 99 at the McKinley off-ramp. The Highway Patrol say a Chevy Trailblazer overturned in a single car accident on northbound 99 just after 2:00 am The bus swerved to avoid the crash, hit another car and ran off the road, and smashed into a eucalyptus tree. The Highway Patrol says 47 passengers plus the driver were on the bus. In addition to the 6 dead, 4 passengers are in critical condition, 6 suffered moderate injuries and 24 had minor injuries. The injured have been taken to area hospitals. Northbound Highway 99 will remain closed for several hours from Olive Avenue to Shields.
July 27th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Figures the girl that was driving the SUV was drunk. Fucking scum.
July 27th, 2010 at 11:49 am
I was there when it happened on my way to Mexico and it was horrible
July 27th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Shit I live on mickinly and herd it after I saw the bus go buy and looked it up on the internet
July 27th, 2010 at 11:49 am
@FresnoCrawlers
Yep… passengers’ lives are a priority over other motorists on the road, as cold as it may sound. Now that I’m a truck driver I would be willing to swerve and risk my life if it meant other people living.
July 27th, 2010 at 11:49 am
@kenyoung1981 I drove for a local tour bus company, they told us the same thing. Stop if you can, drive through it if you can’t.
July 27th, 2010 at 11:49 am
thats horrible i live right by there and i seen it it sucked i just seen clothes everywere and it was so horrible
July 27th, 2010 at 11:49 am
In a vehicle that big it’s best not to swerve for smaller cars. It’s best to maintain lain control, especially with that many lives in your hands. Sure it will suck hitting the cars in front of you, but at least your actions will have been in the right. (I used to drive for Greyhound and Amtrak out of Redding, so I do know what I’m talking about.)