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Another New York casino bus crashed last week. Twenty-four people sustained minor injuries this time.
It's the latest in a series of bus crashes, including one last year that killed 15 people in a horrific accident just two miles from where last Wednesday's crash took place on Interstate 95, about 70 miles south of Newburgh.
The New York bus accident that left 15 people dead last year was caused by a severely fatigued bus driver who also had a poor driving record, the National Transportation Safety Board stated in a report.
Both the driver -- who the NTSB board said had had little sleep for days -- and his employer, World Wide Travel of Greater New York, came under fire in the report issued yesterday.
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Last year will be remembered for many things. Here in New York, it will certainly be remembered for the fatal bus crashes that opened many eyes to a public transportation industry littered with unsafe tour bus operators.
Now the state has announced that it has earmarked $1 million in its budget to change the bus inspection process.
NBC New York recently reported news of a crash between a dump truck and a school bus carrying elementary school kids. One 11-year-old girl was killed in the wreck and three other students were critically injured. Two of the three critically injured are the triplet sisters of the girl killed.
The accident was about 125 miles south of Newburgh in Chesterfield, New Jersey.
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Last year will be remembered for many wonderful moments, but it will also undoubtedly be remembered by many in New York as the year of bus crashes that left dozens injured and dead.
Just last week, U.S. transportation officials said safety concerns prompted them to order the shutdown of a bus company that ferried passengers past Newburgh on their way from Albany to New York City's Chinatown.
Newburgh residents understand the high-speed dangers of driving on highways. But even the most cautious, experienced driver has difficulty contending safely with other drivers who are inattentive.
According to the New York State Police, driver inattention is partly to blame for the horrific accident involving a tour bus and an 18-wheeler that left the trucker dead and 30 others injured about 250 miles northwest of Newburgh.
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New York drivers must always guard against reckless or negligent drivers of other passenger vehicles. But this year more than any other in recent memory, drivers have also had to beware of commercial tour buses driven by fatigued drivers and distracted drivers.
They're causing traffic accidents that are leaving bus passengers and others with serious injuries and in too many cases, severe injuries that lead to fatalities. The latest New York bus crash happened yesterday about 30 miles south of Newburgh.
We've learned the hard way in 2011 that crashes involving buses so often involve injuries and even fatalities to large numbers of people who have put their trust in a company to provide a skilled, alert driver to provide safe transportation.
This year we've seen a rash of bus accidents, including the horrific one in March in New York that left 15 people dead.
Prosecutors make a sharp point about the driver of a bus on its way to New York City from a Connecticut this past March: he knew he was too tired to drive safely and he knew he didn't have a valid driver's license.
Fifteen people died in that bus crash in the Bronx on Interstate 95.
The bus was rolling on its way to New York when its fatigued driver reportedly fell asleep, causing a deadly crash that killed four women and left another 54 injured.
Federal Department of Transportation admit that they were about to shutter Sky Express two days before the bus accident, but granted the company a 10-day extension in which to appeal the decision.
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