STORM2K

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:39 am**

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256025,00.html

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:45 am**

OMG, that's such a trajedy. Those poor families, I just can't imagine.

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:01 am**

4 students on that team were reportedly from this area, according to WKRC-TV.

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:06 am**

Thanks Jeremy. I wasn't aware we had local grads on this bus. Does anyone know yet if the driver fell asleep? Reports I've read state the bus failed to stop at the exit ramp. I also question if this was mechanical failure (brakes). My college aged daughter goes on many trips, similar to this one, riding on Greyhound buses as well. So this tragic story really hits home. Praying for those injured and those that perished. Truly a sad, sad story.

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:28 am**

College only has an enrollment of 1,191. Truly sad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluffton_University

The driver apparently mistook the exit ramp for the HOV lane and went over the side of the overpass. A new driver had taken over an hour before, so they do not believe exhaustion was an issue. The driver, his wife, and 4 students killed.

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:43 am**

Seems to be the story of the decade. One charter bus accident after another... :cry:

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of those victims.

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:42 pm**

And isn't this the second bus in as many months to crash off a ramp onto a highway?

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:46 pm**

Yes you are correct.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15816872/

Posted: **Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:47 am**

TexasStooge wrote:Seems to be the story of the decade. One charter bus accident after another...

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of those victims.

I remember one in 1995 where a train hit a bus. I think it was in Indiana. I think the problem was a faulty stoplight that wasn't working properly.

Posted: **Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:08 pm**

I saw it on CNN during lunch yesterday. What a horrible tragedy for all of them!

Posted: **Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:00 pm**

A 5th student died early this morning in an Atlanta hospital. An 18-year-old pitcher... :cry:

Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:34 pm**

I watched the CNN 1 hour Special on this SIU...The Fatal Journey last night on this bus journey that turned out to be the bus journey to hell.
It plays again tonight (Sunday) at 8pm.

I recommend watching it tonight if you didn't yet see it... totally riveting and tear-jerking.
:cry:

-justin-

STORM2K

At least 6 dead after bus plunges off highway ramp

At least 6 dead after bus plunges off highway ramp