Early this morning, a tour bus carrying 52 passengers was pulling back onto a highway in central New York when it was hit in the rear by a tractor-trailer, igniting a fiery crash that totaled both vehicles, killed the trucker, and injured around 30 other people.
According to state police, most of the injuries from the bus accident were minor, although nine people were taken to the hospital. Witnesses say the bus looked like it had stopped for some unknown reason, and then decided to re-enter the roadway. Because the bus wasn’t up to speed, the tractor-trailer wasn’t able to stop in time.
So far in 2011, 32 people have been killed and 323 people have been injured in a total of 17 tour bus accidents nationwide. That is more than the statistics for the entirety of 2010. Tour bus safety has drawn a higher level of attention in recent months, ever since a crash in March 2011 where a bus flipped onto its side and struck a pole, killing 15 people.
If you have been injured, or if your loved one has been killed in a bus accident in New York, you may be entitled to compensation. Please contact the experienced bus accident attorneys at Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, PC today for a free initial consultation.
