Category: bus

German Police Arrest Suspect After Highway Bus Incident

BERLIN—A Serbian man was arrested in southern Germany on Tuesday after an altercation on board a Serbia-bound bus and an ensuing standoff led to the closure of a section of highway in Bavaria, police said. The incident started with a fight involving several passengers that left two people slightly injured, police said. They added in…


Friendly Bus Driver Assists Visually Impaired Girl, 9, Who Is Determined to Ride Bus to School

A Texas school bus driver has stepped up to champion a visually impaired fourth grader after she made it known to her parents that she wanted to ride the bus by herself. When A’Delyn Williams, 9, told her mother, Ambrea Strang, that she wanted to ride the bus for her fourth grade year at Carver…


Bus Plunges in Peru’s Andes, Killing 29

LIMA—A bus driving along a main highway in the Peruvian Andes plunged into an abyss and killed at least 29 passengers in the early hours of Tuesday, authorities said. The incident happened near the town of Matucana, along Peru’s Central Highway, a corridor that connects the capital Lima to much of the central Andes. The…


Peruvian Bus Carrying Mining Workers Plunges Into Abyss, Killing 16

LIMA—A bus in the Peruvian Andes transporting contract workers at MMG Ltd’s Las Bambas copper mine plunged off a cliff on Friday, the company said, killing 16 people and injuring two. The accident took place early in the morning while the vehicle navigated hairpin turns through the province of Cotabambas in Peru’s Apurimac region, where…


Hungary Bus Crash Kills 8, Injures Dozens

BUDAPEST, Hungary—A bus traveling on a highway in Hungary crashed through a guardrail and tipped over early Sunday, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens, police said. The crash occurred on Hungary’s M7 highway near the town of Szabadbattyan, between the capital, Budapest, and Lake Balaton, at just before 5 a.m. Sunday morning. The…


Bus Crashes on NY Thruway; No Immediate Word on Injuries

WEEDSPORT, N.Y.—A bus crashed on the New York State Thruway in central New York on Saturday with 57 people aboard, state police said. There was no immediate word on the number or severity of any injuries. The wreck happened around 12:30 p.m. on the highway’s westbound side near Weedsport, a village about 25 miles (40…


Russia Bus Explosion Kills 2, Injures 17; Cause Under Review

MOSCOW, Russia—A second person has died in southwestern Russia following an explosion on a city bus that also injured another 17 people, officials said Friday. Authorities said Thursday’s blast on the bus in the city of Voronezh was caused by leaky gas equipment. No trace of chemical explosives was found, they said. The Investigative Committee,…


Pakistan Crash Sets Fire to Minibus, Kills 10 Passengers

PAKISTAN—A truck rammed into a minibus on a highway in eastern Pakistan overnight, causing a fire that killed 10 passengers, a Pakistani rescue official said Monday. According to the official, Anjum Shahzad, the blaze erupted from a gas leak and a short-circuit on board the minibus, leading to the high casualty toll. Six passengers were…


Truck Collides With Bus in Mali, Killing 41

BAMAKO—Forty-one people were killed in a road accident in south-central Mali on Tuesday, when a truck carrying goods and market workers collided with a passenger bus, the transport ministry said. State broadcaster ORTM reported that the truck’s driver lost control after a tyre burst and the vehicle swerved into the path of the bus. The…


19 Injured as Bus Heading to Sweden Crashes Near Berlin

Police say 19 people have been injured, nine of them seriously, after a bus en route from Belgrade to Stockholm crashed on Friday south of Berlin. The injured included people from Serbia, Sweden, Germany, and Israel, German news agency dpa reported, quoting Brandenburg state police. Police said the bus swerved off the highway near Schoenwald,…