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    2011

On October 18, 2011, a New York bus-and-truck crash injured eight people. The accident happened on the New York State Thruway, approximately 35 miles outside of New York City. According to the accident report, the Trailways bus rear-ended the truck after the truck slowed down for a car entering the highway.

This is one in a tragic series of bus accidents that have plagued New York and the East Coast this year, including:

  • A July crash between a semi truck and tour bus in Waterloo, which injured more than 30 people
  • A March tour bus accident in the Bronx that killed 15 people
  • A March tour bus accident in New Jersey that killed two people
  • A May tour bus accident in Virginia that killed four people
  • A June tour bus-and-semi truck accident in Pennsylvania that killed the bus driver and injured more than 20 people
  • A July New York tour bus crash that killed two people and injured 35

These accidents have prompted legislators in New York and in the United States Congress to call for safer buses and better bus driver training.

Source: The Wall Street Journal, "8 Injured in Crash Involving Bus, Truck," Associated Press, Oct. 19, 2011.