Articles Posted in Bus Accident

Last month, Massachusetts’ highest court upheld a $4.4 million award to the family of a man who died in a bus accident involving a large security gate arm that hit a bus transporting spectators between a golf tournament and Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium.

The tragic bus crash occurred in 2003 and killed a 64-year-old Yarmouth man. Five more people injured in the bus accident.

Although the judge violated a mandate not to allow jurors to discuss the case among themselves before deliberation, the state Supreme Judicial Court upheld the original ruling, saying the judge’s error did not prejudice the companies being sued.

Court upholds $4.4M award in Gillette Stadium bus accident, Sun Chronicle, July 16, 2009 Continue reading

Last week, the driver of a Dufour Inc.bus reportedly suffered a heart attack, causing the bus to veer out of its lane and into a gully.

The bus was headed northbound on Route 8 around 12:40am when the bus crash occurred. It was carrying 15 passengers, who were members of MCLA’s Leadership Academy on their way home from Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts.

The bus driver, age 69, was later pronounced dead at Berkshire Medical Center. Five of the passengers were taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries. Four of the five bus accident victims were released from the hospital following treatment, and status of the fifth passenger is unknown.

The motor vehicle accident is being investigated by the Pittsfield Police Department.

Bus Driver Stricken at Wheel; Five Injured in Crash, iBerkshires.com, July 29, 2009 Continue reading

The bus driver involved in a bus crash last month in Becket, Massachusetts has received a $50 moving violation for “negligent operation.” In other words, driving too fast for the road conditions, which were slick with ice at the time of the accident.

The 63-year-old bus driver was transporting the River Rats hockey team home after a game in Lowell, Massachusetts. The bus hit an icy patch of road on the Massachusetts Turnpike and crashed around 2:30am. Several teammates were injured as a result of the bus accident.

The driver’s personal driver’s license record lists two motor vehicle accidents in 2006 and 2007. No charges were filed in this case.

Bus driver ticketed in Rats’ accident, Times Union, March 3, 2009 Continue reading

In Becket, Massachusetts, five people were injured yesterday morning after a bus accident on the Massachusetts Turnpike. The Yankee Trails bus was carrying 29 passengers, including members of the Albany River Rats hockey team. According to the Times Union newspaper, at least four of the five people injured were affiliated with the hockey team.

The bus crash occurred just before 3:30am, when the westbound bus crashed into a guard rail and flipped over. Team members were driving back to Albany after a game in Lowell, Massachusetts. Snowy road conditions may have been a factor, according to Massachusetts state police.

The injured passengers were transported to Pittsfield’s Berkshire Medical Center by ambulance. Though none of the injuries are considered life-threatening, the injuries were serious and Friday’s hockey game was cancelled. As a precaution, the other passengers were taken to Berkshire Medical Center by bus.

Five hurt in American Hockey League team bus crash on Massachusetts Turnpike in Becket, MassLive.com, February 19, 2009
AHL team’s bus crash in Massachusetts hospitalizes 5, LA Times Blog, February 19, 2009 Continue reading

On Sunday, two buses collided on Interstate 95 on their way to Boston. Police say thirty passengers were sent to the hospital, and seven people were treated for minor injuries as a result of the bus accident.

The first bus, owned by Wellesley-based Ivy Tours Inc, was carrying 67 passengers when it slowed for traffic and was hit by the bus behind it. The bus collision occurred around 2:20pm between exits 42 and 43 on the northbound side of the highway in Connecticut. According to an accident reports, the driver of the second bus was cited for failure to drive a reasonable distance apart from a commercial vehicle.

Those passengers not requiring medical attention were taken to a nearby school, where they wait for replacement transportation to Boston.

Boston-bound buses crash in Conn., Boston Globe, February 16, 2009 Continue reading

In Grafton, Massachusetts, authorities are looking into the bus crash that injured five people earlier in January. Passengers were treated for minor injuries at UMass Medical Center in Worcester, according to a state police spokesman.

After the traffic accident, the bus company sent another bus to pick up the passengers who were stuck on the Massachusetts turnpike and take them back to the Boston. The original bus was en route to Mohegan Sun Casino.

Authorities still do not know what caused the bus to veer off the Grafton highway, and messages from the Boston Globe to the bus company, Sunshine Travel Services, were not returned. At the same time, all but two commuter rail lines were experiencing weather-related delays, according to the MBTA.

Inquiry launched into Pike bus crash, Boston Globe, January 20, 2009 Continue reading

Late Sunday night, a Morning Star coach bus carrying 31 passenger crashed into a ravine on the westbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Grafton. Emergency crews remained on the scene of the bus accident early Monday morning.

Police told the Boston Channel that five passengers were transported to UMass Medical Center in Worcester to be treated for back and neck injuries.

The bus was traveling to Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut when the bus accident occurred just after 11pm Sunday evening. Though the cause of the bus accident has not been confirmed, snowy conditions may have been a factor in the accident.

Bus Skids, Crashes Down Ravine, The Boston Channel, January 19, 2009
Bus crashes in Grafton, Boston Globe, January 19, 2009 Continue reading