At least three dead and 15 hurt when semi rear-ends bus carrying students in Ohio

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Opus, Nov 14, 2023.

  1. DeereRunner97

    DeereRunner97 Medium Load Member

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    Wow, that must have been one hot fire. Can’t wait to see what the local news says in the morning too
     
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  3. Mattflat362

    Mattflat362 Road Train Member

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    Really sad for the families.
     
  4. drvrtech77

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  5. Opus

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    Looks like the truck driver made it.
    6 dead.....3 students and 3 parent chaperones that were in a SUV following the bus. Can't see a SUV between that truck and the bus in the pictures. Driver musta have really been moving when he hit.
    RIP all.
     
  6. buddyd157

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    that SOB trucker survived..??

    then i sincerely hope he "fries" later in court.

    for what he did, he should have died.
     
  7. drvrtech77

    drvrtech77 Road Train Member

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    i think that’s the SUV the red vehicle
     
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  8. buddyd157

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    well from the news report you linked, there was an SUV directly behind the bus...after seeing the bus being towed away, i'm wondering if that SUV was jammed inside the rear of the bus, into the passenger area..???

    but, actually hard to say, that red SUV could have been hit, and pushed out of the way on further impact.
     
  9. Opus

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    Maybe hit the SUV first and did a modified PIT maneuver and then hit the bus
     
  10. drvrtech77

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    That’s what it possibly looks like…it’ll be interesting to see what they find out about the cause of it though. The ntsb chairwoman stated something that traffic was somewhat stopped due to a previous accident that was being cleaned up when this one occured
     
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  11. mstrchf117

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    The rumor of it being caused by someone doing a u turn has me wondering if it'd be worth it to put in like gates at those crossovers. Doesn't have to be anything serious, just like a bar or something. Could either give emergency vehicles/plows etc like a transponder that would open the gate to let them through or just make it swing but don't let the general public know so they don't make u turns.
     
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