Charter bus wreck kills 6 on way to Texas

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[h=4]Charter bus wreck kills 6 on way to Texas[/h]The bus hit an overpass abutment, causing the accident.

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Arkansas State Police say it appears that alcohol and drugs were not a factor in an early-morning charter bus crash that left at least 6 people dead, but the investigation is ongoing. VPC


A Continental charter bus hit an overpass abutment on Interstate 40 at about 1 a.m. CT in North Little Rock, Ark.(Photo: KTHV-TV, Little Rock)


NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— A charter bus ferrying workers from Michigan to Texas hit a bridge abutment Friday on Interstate 40, shearing off much of its roof and killing six people, according to Arkansas State Police.
The single-vehicle wreck occurred a little before 1 a.m. CT<span style="color: Red;">*</span>west of the U.S. 167 interchange. Three of the six killed had been ejected from the bus, one was partially ejected, and the other two died within the vehicle, said Col. Bill Bryant, head of the Arkansas State Police.
Six others were taken to area hospitals, and at least two were treated and released.
Eight survivors were taken to a nearby hotel, said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Bridgette Williams of the Arkansas Red Cross, which has been helping uninjured passengers.
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Three employees of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Vasquez Citrus and Hauling Co., based in Lake Placid, Fla.,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>were transporting 19 workers from Monroe, Mich., to Laredo, Texas, said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Maj. Mike Foster of Arkansas State Police. Police did not discuss the nature of the laborers’ work.
The company had posted advertisements in the spring at a Michigan jobs site seeking seasonal farm workers whose employment would end in November.
The bus driver, licensed in Michigan, ran off the right side of highway, struck a wall and continued along until the vehicle struck the bridge, Foster said. Highway officials said the span remained structurally sound.
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The cause of the wreck and the names of those involved have<span style="color: Red;">*</span>not been released.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Alcohol was not a factor.
A heavy storm had passed through the area and left light rain and fog in its wake, but it wasn’t immediately known if weather played a role in the accident.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Department of Homeland Security both will be involved in the investigation, Bryant said.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Officers were working with the Mexican Consulate to notify next of kin<span style="color: Red;">*</span>though the victims’ nationalities have not been confirmed.
Though the bus has retained it Continental Charters logo, a spokesman for the Detroit-based company told<span style="color: Red;">*</span>WWJ-AM, Detroit, that he had sold the vehicle last week to Vasquez Citrus and Hauling, which was interested<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in running charters from Michigan to the South.
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“I sold the bus to him, he came in and paid me $8,000,” Continental Charters spokesman<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jeff Lawson said. “He told me he was going to run the bus from here to Texas and here to Florida. So he needed the bus to run<span style="color: Red;">*</span>people, I’m guessing, from Detroit here to down there.”
The company apparently disregarded orders to remove<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Continental logo from the side of the bus before<span style="color: Red;">*</span>putting it into service, Lawson told the radio station.
Continental Charters did not have any scheduled routes Thursday in Arkansas and does not regularly operate in the area, he said.
Traffic on the interstate, a major east-west artery,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was snarled for hours, but all debris and the bus were towed away before daybreak.
Contributing: The Associated Press

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Police say the bus crashed into a bridge abutment on I-40 in Little Rock, Arkansas. VPC

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