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发帖数: 6 | 1 7 comments By RICHARD ESPOSITO, LEEZEL TANGLAO and RYAN CREED
March 13, 2011
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SpaceNewsvineRedditDeliciousMixxYahooThe fatal gambling casino bus crash
that claimed 14 lives in New York this morning now looks more likely to have
been caused by its driver falling asleep rather than, as he told police, a
tractor trailer hitting the bus from behind and triggering the chain
reaction that caused the bus to flip and have its roof sliced off by a heavy
sign support, officials said.
There was no evidence, officials said, of the truck having hit the bus.
The accident happened at about 5:30 a.m. on the New England Thruway at the
Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx.
The bus was heading southbound when it flipped on its side. It then skidded
into the support post for a large highway sign. The post sliced through the
length of the bus at the passenger seat level, officials said.
PHOTO GALLERY: VIEW PHOTOS FROM THE SCENE
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said both the truck and the bus
said both vehicles were moving at "a significant rate of speed," ABC station
WABC-TV in New York.
Shamel Bookard and Ashanti Jackson, friends of Oferdel Williams, the driver
of the bus, described him as the kind of person who is likely ovewhelmed
with sadness at what happened.
"I'm sure he's greatly sorry for what did happen," Jackson told WABC-TV.
They said Williams is known for his courage.
"Years ago he ran into a burning building and saved a family, there was a
girl, a grandmother in a wheelchair, he brought them out the fire," Bookard
told WABC-TV.
"Our -- and the entire city's -- prayers, thoughts and sympathies are with
the victims, and their families and loved ones," said New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg in a statement.
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Member Comments (7)
I am not sure how one viewer could be an accident forensic by looking at a
few pictures. Just because one may not see any damage in the rear doesn't
mean the bus wasn't clipped.
szrokkhmer Mar-12 @fuego007 10:19 AM --- In another article it said some
people or person called into 911 saying the bus was clipped or cut off, so
it's not just the word of the bus driver.
zumazuma13 Mar-12 kevyak4 look at the picture it hit all the glass in the
bus, not enough force to breakaway looking for blame look somewhere else the
the Highway department |
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