Kamikaze Butler Bus Driver Stops On Train Tracks, Killing 2
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11 casualties: 2 dead, 9 injured: April 26, 2013 Evans City Bus Driver Stops On Train Tracks, Killing 2 In Evans City Pennsylvania, a 12 seat Butler Area Rural Transit bus carrying senior citizens and people with developmental disabilities was struck by an oncoming train which tried to stop in the fog and struck the bus. The train conductor reported that the bus appeared to be stopped at the crossing, while a video shows the driver wearing dark sunglasses on a foggy morning did not slow down or look left or right as the passengers were screaming about the oncoming train and bracing for the collision. Two elderly persons later died of their injuries. Bus driver, 59-year old Frank Schaeffner told police it was foggy and the radio was on while he was distracted by a passenger who was yelling at him. He faced charges including vehicular homicide and manslaughter. In March 2014, he was sentenced to house arrest and community service after pleading guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and eight counts of reckless endangerment. He told the court after sentencing “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I made a mistake. I’m sorry.” He suffers as he relives the accident in nightmares and will need psychiatrist treatment for the rest of his life.
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April 26, 2013 Driver Sentenced In Deadly Butler Co. Bus-Train Crash March 13, 2014 Sentencing,Train Crash BUTLER (KDKA) – A judge sentenced a bus driver today in connection with a deadly crash involving a freight train in Butler County. Frank Schaffner was given house arrest and community service for his role in the accident in in Evans City in April 26, 2013 Schaffner, 60, of Butler Township, pled guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and eight counts of reckless endangerment over what happened at a railroad crossing in Evans City. On April 26, Schaffner was driving a 12-seat bus for Butler Area Rural Transit; he did not stop at the railroad crossing and a freight train hit the bus, killing 2 injuring 8 the passengers yelled to him that the train was coming, but says a radio was on, and when he heard him, it was too late. Evans City police charge bus driver with homicide in deadly ...Pittsburgh Tribune‑ReviewMay 9, 2013 - Evans City police Chief Joseph McCombs charged Frank Schaffner, 59, of Butler Township with multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter, ...
Train hits bus, killing woman, injuring several other ... WTAE‑TVApr 26, 2013 - Police say it stopped on the tracks at a non-gated crossing in rural Butler ... The bus driver, Frank Schaffner, 60, of Butler, was treated and ...
Evans City police charge bus driver with homicide in deadly ...Pittsburgh Tribune‑ReviewMay 9, 2013 - Evans City police Chief Joseph McCombs charged Frank Schaffner, 59,... “Schaffner makes no attempt to slow and/or stop prior to crossing over the ... The crash killed passengers Claudette Miller, 91, of Callery and John ...
Lawsuit alleges negligence in fatal train-minibus crash ...Williamsport Sun‑GazetteMar 19, 2015 - (AP) — The families of people hurt or killed when a freight train hit their... The lawsuit Monday came a year after bus driver Frank Schaffner ... Evans City police said bus surveillance video shows Schaffner didn't stop at the ...
Victims' Families Sue Bus Driver After Deadly Collision with ...WCAU Mar 19, 2015 - The families of people hurt or killed when a freight train hit their minibus in ... The lawsuit Tuesday comes a year after bus driver Frank Schaffner was ...Schaffner didn't stop at the foggy crossing, telling police he'd never ...
Victims' Families Sue For Negligence In Butler Co. Crash ...KDKAMar 19, 2015 - The families of the victims of a deadly accident involving a train and a mini-bus in ... The lawsuit Tuesday comes a year after bus driver Frank Schaffner was... Schaffner did not stop at the foggy railroad crossing in Evans City.
Ex-driver gets probation in Pa. bus-train crash The VindicatorMar 15, 2014 - Frank Schaffner, 60, of Butler Township, apologized after his ... Evans City police said bus surveillance video shows Schaffner didn't stop at the ... The crashkilled 91-year-old Claudette Miller and 88-year-old John Burkett.
Attorney denies bus driver stopped on tracks - Ellwood City ...
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Ellwood City LedgerMay 3, 2013 - But attorney Michael Pawk said 59-year-old Frank Schaffner of Butler did not stop his Butler Area Rural Transit bus on the railroad tracks ... severely injured, and Claudette Lee Miller, 91, of Callery, was killed in the accident. attorney Michael Pawk said 59-year-old Frank Schaffner of Butler did not stop his Butler Area Rural Transit bus on the railroad tracks seconds before the collision. Pawk asserted that only one witness, the train's conductor, claimed to have seen the bus come to a stop, and called that account "self-serving."
Bus Driver Waives Hearing in Evans City Train Collision Case www.masstransitmag.com/ Jul 30, 2013 - A bus driver involved in a deadly April collision with a freight train at an ...Frank Schaffner, 59, of Butler Township, is not negotiating a plea ... Patch Media Jun 3, 2013 Eleven people, including the driver, have been injured www.wpxi.com May 9, 2013 - Footage from inside deadly bus-train collision leads to charges against ...including the reactions of the driver, 59-year-old Frank Schaffner, and ...
Evans City police charge bus driver with homicide in deadly crash ... triblive.com
May 9, 2013 - Bus passengers shouted warnings and a train whistle howled as a ...
Evans City police Chief Joseph McCombs charged Frank Schaffner, 59, ...
Bus Driver Arraigned On Charges In Deadly Train Accident « CBS ... May 9, 2013 - There are new details about a deadly crash involving a freight train and ...The bus driver, 59-year-old Frank Schaeffner, was in court today for ...
Police: Bus driver didn't stop, look before fatal train collision in Evans ... May 10, 2013 - The bus driver charged in a fatal collision with a train tells Channel 4 ...Video from a bus camera shows that Frank Schaffner did not look left or ... "As Schaffner approaches a clearly posted crossing, it's obvious that passengers hear and see an oncoming train. Schaffner makes no attempt to slow and/or stop prior to crossing over the railroad, nor does he look left or right. Passengers are attempting to advise Schaffner a train is coming. On the video, you can hear the horns from the train rapidly approaching. Some passengers visibly start to prepare for impact." As the train began to hit the side of the bus, the video showed Schaffner looking to the left while horns were heard sounding, according to police. ... Schaffner can be heard on the video saying, "Oh my God, there is no (expletive) railroad crossing there! Are you guys all right?"
Bus driver charged with homicide in train crash - Contra Costa Times May 9, 2013 - Authorities say surveillance video shows that 59-year-old Frank B.Schaffner drove through a fog-shrouded railroad crossing in April without ...
One Dead, 10 injured After Train Hits Butler County BART Bus in ...
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Patch Media Jun 3, 2013 Eleven people, including the driver, have been injured
Bus Driver Arraigned On Charges In Deadly Train Accident « CBS ...
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The bus driver, 59-year-old Frank Schaeffner, was in court today for his arraignment. He is facing a long list of charges including two counts of homicide by vehicle ...
Frank Schaeffner « CBS Pittsburgh - KDKA
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Bus Driver Arraigned On Charges In Deadly Train Accident. There are new details about a deadly crash involving a freight train and bus last month in Butler County.
(blames dangerous crossing, not the driver) Bus Passengers Tell Stories of Terror When a Train Struck Their ...Bus and Train Crash in Pennsylvania Now a Fatality Investigation ... www.pottroff.com/railroad-news/bus-and-train-crash-pennsylvania... Police sources said that while they were still investigating why the driver stopped his vehicle afoul of the railroad tracks, they were also looking into the strong possibility that Friday’s thick morning fog was a factor in the now-fatal accident. occurred in heavy fog and at a crossing where an estimated three-to-four trains cross a two-lane public road without any active protection devices such as flashing lights, bells or crossing gates, systems which railroads claim could prevent over 90% of such accidents. But without their presence Friday morning about 8:10 A.M., the bus driver and his 10 passengers were helpless.
http://news.yahoo.com/transit-bus-train-crash-pa-11-hurt-161617613.html
Transit bus, train crash in Pa.; 11 hurt
Associated Press April 26, 2013 1:24 PM
EVANS CITY, Pa. (AP) — A freight train struck a rural transit bus carrying senior citizens and people with developmental disabilities Friday morning, injuring 10 passengers and the driver, authorities said. At least two of the injuries were serious. ..entered the crossing and stopped on the tracks The engineer sounded a horn and tried to stop the train, but couldn't. The bus came to rest about 20 feet away but did not overturn.
Pakal-Moon 4 months ago 1 5
I was a Railroad Engineer for many years and I knew others who had 30 to over 50 fatals during their time. So very often we see their faces before impact, but it just feels like you've squashed an empty pop can, that's all, and then you cry not knowing what awaits back there. West of Cleveland in Elyria in Aug. 1998 I had two young men walk out and lay down feet first inside the rails and I passed over them at 50MPH with 2 engines and 47 cars. It happens in flashes, but only silence where I awaited the thuk sound for a second as they were being ground up. These boys were THIN, one got a cracked shull, deaf, drunken fools had 11 3/4 " to Eternity.
I had to take a week off. The Police officer thought they had got clear, you should have seen his look when we told him what they did, he walked away talking Crimanl Trespass, Criminal Stupidity.
[Nearly identical comment from same Troll about Ottawa crash]
Canada train, bus, collide in Ottawa, at least five dead Having been in a few fatal train vs. vehicle and pedestrians, hitting even a bus is equal to stepping on an aluminum can, it's that sudden and slight yet the helplessness you feel knowing you're the instrument of some ones death takes a toll on the Engineer. Several times I've had to take a week off after a crash and it always seemed that the driver could not stand waiting 30 seconds or even 2 minutes for the train to pass. Often if the train was stopped near a crossing we'd have to coax and motion the people to cross but if we were going 60 MPH the idiots would try to cross. Sometimes I saw their faces just before the impact.
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And your TEA KKKup runneth over.
Pakal-Moon 4 hours ago 0 1
There is no doubt Israel is armed with more than a few hundred nukes but with every Islamic nation clamoring for it's destruction who could blame Israel; can you spell HITLER. With no strategic depth and 4 major wars in it's short existence how can you deride them for preparing for the worst case scenario. Do you have any idea how close we all came to a Nuclear War in 1973 that would have seen the US and USSR lobbing nukes at each other; it was that close. And Iran has openly declared it's intent to destroy Israel which would also wipe out Palestine. Nukes are not precision weapons, the result would be mass destruction like you never dreamed and worse. Iran may think itself immune from total devastation but a tenth of Israel's arsenal would leave Iran as desolate as the Sahara. And rest assured that Israel would take the rest of Islam with it to the grave.
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