Sometimes your number is just up. Your bus crashes just as a train is passing, what are the odds
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This is indeed a tragedy. The wreck happened on I 20 west of Odessa Texas. Surprisingly the vehicle was a prison bus. News reports say the bus skidded on ice, went off the highway then hit the train. All victims were on the bus, two corrections officials and eight prisoners.
News reports are still incomplete.
Douglas
the video of the itasca illiniois woman skidding on ice trying to stop for the Metra was scary. she is extremely lucky. if her car would have went another foot or so she'd probably be dead :s
This was just on the news earlier today. I caught ear that a train was involved, but nothing more about that part was mentioned.
I saw the story early this morning on the TV. For once, the media personality got it right-- the bus hit the train. I googled the spot where it happened-- very steep highway overpass with embankments at 45-60 degrees-- once the bus skidded off the road, it was impossible stop it from engaging the passing train.
Originally Posted by Fec fan:
I saw the story early this morning on the TV. For once, the media personality got it right-- the bus hit the train. I googled the spot where it happened-- very steep highway overpass with embankments at 45-60 degrees-- once the bus skidded off the road, it was impossible stop it from engaging the passing train.
CBS National News just had pretty good coverage of this tragedy. Seems the skidding bus wound up going off the bridge overpass, while a Piggy Back train was passing underneath. The "flying through the air" bus, struck a UPS trailer on the moving train, ripping open the whole top of the trailer and spread UPS packages for almost a mile, before the train finally stopped.
MY GOD!!!This is just mind blowing 10 people.And they think black ice may be cause.I mean what are the odds.Of the bus going off that bridge and landing on traintracks.And then gets hit by a train.Seems like something from a movies.But sadly its all to real.
Originally Posted by seaboard streak:
MY GOD!!!This is just mind blowing 10 people.And they think black ice may be cause.I mean what are the odds.Of the bus going off that bridge and landing on traintracks.
No,,,,it did NOT "land on the train tracks"!
And then gets hit by a train.
No. Please read what I posted from the CBS Evening News report. There was already a moving train passing underneath the overpass, and the bus landed on, and ripped through a UPS trailer ON THE MOVING TRAIN.
Seems like something from a movies.But sadly its all to real.
Looking at the pictures of the UPS trailer with its long trail of damaged packages, I
could not help but wonder if there were any toy trains in there. Who did not get their
order?
