Asian victims Bus Incident
August 17, 2013 An Eagle tours bus with 30 tourists from China was struck in the side by an oncoming pickup truck which crossed over the median and overturned. The pickup driver was killed. The bus drove into the desert. Bus driver Jimmy Ming Giang, suffered major injuries and airlifted to Las Vegas, four bus passengers and the tour bus guide received minor injuries.
Seems like awfully unfortunate timing for the truck to cross the road just in time for it to strike the driver corner or side of an oncoming bus, like the car that crossed over to ram an oncoming police motorcycle in Everett WA..
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;Updates
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/travel/231605801.html
The deaths of 19 passengers was partly blamed on a lack of seat belts.
Seat belts on commercial buses still stymied 45 years after first safety recommendation
- Article by: JOAN LOWY , Associated Press
- Updated: November 12, 2013
WASHINGTON — After a drunken driver on a California highway slammed into a bus carrying passengers to Las Vegas, killing 19, investigators said a lack of seat belts contributed to the high death toll. But 45 years later, safety advocates are still waiting for the government to act on seat belts and other measures to protect bus passengers.
- http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20130817/fatal-high-desert-freeway-crash-backs-up-traffic-25-miles
“For unknown reasons, the driver lost control of the truck and went into the center divider, then overturned,” he said.As the truck overturned, it crossed onto the northbound side of the freeway.The truck and the bus then crashed with the truck hitting the oncoming bus “in a head-on direction,” Spiker said.
The bus then went off the shoulder and into the desert where it came to a rest on its wheels.
Traffic backed up for 20 miles on Interstate 15 after deadly crash ...
www.latimes.com/.../la-me-ln-i-15-traffic-accident-20130817,0,...Aug 17, 2013 - Drivers headed toward Las Vegas were still dealing with a 20-mile ... an Eagle Tours bus that had started its trip in El Monte and was headed to Las Vegas. ... The 30 passengers on the bus are visiting fromChina, Spiker said.
One Killed As Pickup Hits Tour Bus On I-15 Near Baker; Lanes ...
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Aug 17, 2013Drivers headed toward Las Vegas were still dealing with a 20-mile... an Eagle Tours bus that had started ...
Fatal High Desert freeway crash backs up traffic 25 miles
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Aug 17, 2013 - The bus then went off the shoulder and into the desert where it came to a rest on its wheels. ... The tour bus was from El Monte and has the name Eagle Tourson the ... not know where they were from or if they were headed for Las Vegas. ... early Saturday evening that the bus passengers were from China.
Truck and bus collide on Vegas romp | San Fernando Valley ...
www.biren.com/.../truck-and-bus-collide-on-vegas-romp.shtmlAug 22, 2013 - When you have a heavy pickup truck slam at high speed into the side of a double
-decker tour bus on its way to Las Vegas, you are unfortunately likely. ... driver of the bus seriously injured and 30 Chinesetourists stranded, ... Eagle Tours bus that had started its trip in El Monte and was headed to Las Vegas.
Vegas-bound traffic slowed after fatal bus-pickup accident - Las ...
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Aug 17, 2013 - Spiker said the tour bus was from Eagle Tours based in El Monte, Calif., with 29 tourists from China, a tour guide and the driver on board. He said he believed the bus was headed to Las Vegas, but officials were still gathering information. ... I have personal known the driver & his family for over 35 years.
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