Personal Injury Cases Involving Buses
Daily across the United States buses provide a safe mode of transportation to millions of school children and commuters. But when a bus accident does occur, it can be devastating. Inexperienced and distracted bus drivers can put all motorists on the road at risk and put its passengers onboard in harm’s way. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reported 247 fatal bus crashes in 2008 in the United States. In those bus crashes, 67 bus occupants were killed and 307 people were injured and needed the representation of Pennsylvania injury lawyers, such as Seeger Weiss.Seeger Weiss has spent a career in holding people and businesses accountable for negligence and carelessness that has led to serious and fatal injuries. In fact, our recent bus personal injury cases include:
- Seeger Weiss investigates catastrophic waterloo, NY bus accident
- Law held to apply in Windsor Wildcats bus crash ruling on appeal
- A Pennsylvania Turnpike accident occurred when a Greyhound bus bound for St. Louis from New York City flipped on its side, briefly trapping a woman and injuring about two dozen people, authorities said. [hotlink to turnpike page]
- A school bus carrying a group of children and adults to a Christian camp flipped over on Interstate 81 at the Walker Road exit late Sunday afternoon. The June, 2011, accident sent 25 people to two local hospitals with minor to moderate injuries and closed northbound Interstate 81 for more than four hours. All of the patients have been discharged from Chambersburg and Waynesboro hospitals.
- Eight children were hurt in a school bus accident that took place in the Overbrook area. The Pennsylvania bus collision occurred near the intersection of 63rd Street and Lebanon Avenue the morning of October 18, 2010. The school bus rear-ended a parked car while transporting 15 students to four different private schools. Eight of the students were treated at a nearby hospital for minor injuries. The cause of the Philadelphia bus crash remains under police investigation.
- A Wake County (N.C.) school bus driver has been fired after being charged with causing an accident that damaged six other vehicles as he was on his way to pick up students. Lamount A. Lynch was charged with careless and reckless driving for last week's after-school accident. Investigators said his bus was traveling 55 mph in a 35 mph zone. Luckily, there were no students on the bus at the time.
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