Recently a bus crashed in Arkansas killing three passengers. The bus which was headed to Dallas, Texas and coming from Milwaukee. The driver had been driving straight for seventeen hours without sleep. There were forty-six passengers on that bus when it crossed the grassy median 12 miles east of Forrest City, Arkansas at 10:10 p.m. on November 25.The bus struck a pickup, killing its driver,...
The passengers and families of the dead in the November Tornado Bus Line wreck can begin to hope for justice. Information was released yesterday, January 3, 2008, that announced that the driver of the bus, Felix B. Tapia was being charged with four counts of negligent homocide.Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division were granted a warrant for the driver when...
Why have there been no updates on this tragedy or news stories about the victims. One reason is because the bus accident is not being reviewed by the National Transportation Safety Board. This fact means that this tragedy has then become unnewsworthy. Another fact could be that because the vast majority of victims did not speak English means they are less likely to seek justice for their...
Un accidente terrible en I-40 cerca de la ciudad de Forrest tomó a tres vidas esta última noche de sábado. El accidente implicó un autobús, un acoplado del tractor, y un coche. Dañaron a las docenas de gente en el accidente. El autobús que causó el accidente perteneció a las lÃneas de autobús del tornado de Dallas, Tejas. Según el policÃa del estado de Arkansas, el autobús cruzó...
Jennifer Rodrigues, portavoz para Tornado Bus Company, en el Web site de la compañÃa de autobús dicho, "el 25 de noviembre, una unidad de Tornado Bus Company estuvo implicada en un accidente del vehÃculo de motor. El autobús número 5849 viajaba de Chicago a Dallas. Hay 2 fatalidades confirmadas en nuestro autobús, 1 fatalidad a partir del uno de los otros vehÃculos. Los otros pasajeros...
This accident occurred on I-40 near Forrest City, AR last Saturday night. From the reports on the news and the internet it appears the Tornado Bus Company may be responsible for the accidentJennifer Rodrigues, a spokesperson for Tornado Bus Company, on the bus company's website said, " On November 25, one unit from Tornado Bus Company was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Bus Number 5849 was...
A terrible accident on I-40 near Forrest City took three lives this last Saturday night. The accident involved a bus, a tractor trailer, and a car. Dozens of people were injured in the accident. The bus that caused the accident belonged to Tornado Bus Lines of Dallas, Texas. According to the Arkansas State Police, the bus crossed the median and collided with and eastbound truck. Then another...
Kurry L. Tindel, 18, of Brookland was killed in an accident about 8:30 p.m. on Monday, October 29, near the intersection of U.S. 49 and Jewel Drive when an F-150 truck crossed the centerline and stuck the vehicle driven by his mother Susan Tindel.Ryan Stevens, 25, of Jonesboro, was driving his 1983 Ford F-150 truck south on U.S. 49 when he crossed the centerline and struck a 2000 Chrysler...
Hurshel Bentley, 57, was killed in a wreck in Fulton County on October 21. Mr. Bentley died when he lost control of his motorcycle on Highway 62-412 west of Salem. His 2005 Suzuki crossed the center line while attempting to negotiate a curve, hitting another vehicle in the opposite lane head on.At the point of impact, Bentley was thrown from his motorcycle into the west bound lane at which...
A two-car collision occurred at the intersection of Highways 9 and 62 on October 18 in Salem, Arkansas. Melissa K. Stewart, 18, of Salem and Rodney D. Cope of, 31, of Jonesboro were traveling in opposite lanes on Highway 62 when the wreck took place.Salem Police Chief Albert Roork commented that Stewart was traveling east on Highway 62 and attempted to make a left-hand turn onto Highway 9N. ...
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