Category: bus crash

3 Critically Injured in Bus Crash in El Segundo

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—More than a dozen people were injured Monday, three of them critically, in a crash involving a City of Los Angeles commuter bus and a parked big rig in El Segundo. The crash occurred at around 8:25 a.m. in the 5600 block of West Imperial Highway, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department,…


Multiple Students Killed in Texas Bus Crash Involving University Sports Team

Several members of the University of the Southwest (USW) men’s and women’s golf team were killed after a minibus collided head-on with a pickup truck in Texas late on Tuesday, authorities said. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Steven Blanco told KWES-TV there were fatalities in both vehicles, which caught fire, but the identities and the…


Trucker in Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash Loses First Bid to Stay in Canada

A former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash has lost a first step in his effort to stay in Canada. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu tried to make the case to the Canada Border Services Agency to stay in the country after serving his prison sentence. His lawyer, Michael Greene, says that the…


43 Injured as Tourist Bus Veers Off Road in Bavaria

VIENNA—A tourist bus headed for the Austrian Alps crashed on a local highway in Upper Bavaria on Saturday, injuring 43 of the 61 people on board. Around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, the double-decker bus veered off the road and crashed near the town of Inzell, in the Traunstein district of Bavaria, according to Bavarian…


Patrol: 20 Injured in School Bus Crash in Southern Missouri

THOMASVILLE, Mo.—Eighteen students and two adults were injured in a school bus crash in southern Missouri, officials said. The crash happened around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday along state Highway 99 just north of Thomasville, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Investigators said the bus went off the road, hit several trees, and flipped onto its side,…


‘Not Getting on a Plane Any Time Soon’: Deportation Decision Delayed in Broncos Case

CALGARY—A decision on whether a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash should be deported to India likely won’t be coming until the new year. A lawyer for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 33, had sent a voluminous amount of paperwork to the Canada Border Services Agency earlier this year arguing why he…


At Least 20 Killed as Bus Swept Away by Flood Waters in Kenya

NAIROBI—At least 20 people drowned on Saturday when a bus carrying a group of religious faithful was swept away by flood waters as the driver tried to cross a river in the eastern Kenyan county of Kitui, the county governor said. Many parts of the East African nation have been experiencing heavy rainfall in the…


At Least 19 Killed in Bus Crash in Central Mexico

MEXICO CITY—At least 19 people were killed and 20 more injured on Friday when a passenger bus traveling on a highway in central Mexico crashed into a house, authorities said. The brakes on the bus, which was heading to a local religious shrine in the state of Mexico, failed, according to local media reports. State…


Official: Human Error Likeliest Cause of Bulgaria Bus Crash

SOFIA, BULGARIA—Human error is believed to be the most likely cause of the fiery bus crash in Bulgaria that killed 44 people, including 12 children, early Tuesday, a Bulgarian official said Thursday. The bus, which officials said had 52 people on board, mostly nationals of North Macedonia, was one of four returning from a trip…


Bus Crash in Rugged Nepal District Leaves 28 Dead, 15 Hurt

KATHMANDU, Nepal—At least 28 people died on Tuesday in western Nepal after the bus they were on skidded off a mountain road and fell hundreds of meters into a gorge, authorities said. The accident in the remote and rugged Mugu district also left at least 15 injured, local administrator Rom Bahadur Mahat said. “We are…