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UPDATE: 'It swerved like a roller coaster,' says survivor of deadly bus crash on I-95
UPDATE: 'It swerved like a roller coaster,' says survivor of deadly bus crash on I-95
BY ALI ROCKETT AND REED WILLIAMS Richmond Times-Dispatch 30 min ago
Two people were killed and dozens injured after a discount-fare bus carrying 57 people veered off a foggy exit ramp early Tuesday along Interstate 95 in Prince George County.
Survivors described a harrowing and chaotic scene later on Tuesday as they recounted the crash after being released from the hospital. The bus had been traveling from Florida to New York City.
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The Virginia State Police said charges were pending against the driver of the bus, a 40-year-old man from Staten Island, N.Y., who was not injured in the crash. Police have not named him yet.
Officials said 55 bus passengers were taken to area hospitals and that two of the survivors suffered life-threatening injuries. ... The single-vehicle crash unfolded at 5:22 a.m. when a Tao's Travel Inc. bus overturned at a ramp for Exit 45. The bus was headed north on I-95 from Florida to New York City when it attempted to take the exit ramp, the state police said. ... The vehicle ran off the left side of the ramp and overturned.
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arockett@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6527
rwilliams@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6332
Staff writers Mark Bowes, John Boyer, Graham Moomaw, Karri Peifer and John Ramsey contributed reporting.
BY ALI ROCKETT AND REED WILLIAMS Richmond Times-Dispatch 30 min ago
Two people were killed and dozens injured after a discount-fare bus carrying 57 people veered off a foggy exit ramp early Tuesday along Interstate 95 in Prince George County.
Survivors described a harrowing and chaotic scene later on Tuesday as they recounted the crash after being released from the hospital. The bus had been traveling from Florida to New York City.
....
The Virginia State Police said charges were pending against the driver of the bus, a 40-year-old man from Staten Island, N.Y., who was not injured in the crash. Police have not named him yet.
Officials said 55 bus passengers were taken to area hospitals and that two of the survivors suffered life-threatening injuries. ... The single-vehicle crash unfolded at 5:22 a.m. when a Tao's Travel Inc. bus overturned at a ramp for Exit 45. The bus was headed north on I-95 from Florida to New York City when it attempted to take the exit ramp, the state police said. ... The vehicle ran off the left side of the ramp and overturned.
....
{snip a whole bunch of pictures}
arockett@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6527
rwilliams@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6332
Staff writers Mark Bowes, John Boyer, Graham Moomaw, Karri Peifer and John Ramsey contributed reporting.