Bus Accidents

Party buses and limos are promoted as a safe way to get friends together and drink into the wee hours without the risk of driving drunk. However, they're also sometimes a party to terrible accidents.In a somewhat bizarre incident, an Illinois man was recently killed...

If you're injured in an accident with a bus in Texas, how long do you have to file claim for damages? The answer to that question depends on whether or not the bus that injured you was a private bus, like those chartered for group vacations, or a public bus, like the...

A lot of drivers are nervous when they're on the road around large trucks and buses -- and rightly so! If a passenger vehicle gets into an accident with a large truck or bus, the potential consequences can be deadly for everyone involved.There's no reason to be scared...

In theory, hiring a party bus to get a bunch of drunk college students back and forth from a multi-fraternity party sounds like a good idea.However, when the party bus company has an "anything goes" attitude toward underage drinkers and the overly inebriated,...

More than a dozen people were killed in a bus accident on the way back from a senior retreat. The 13 people were elderly members of the First Baptist Church of New Braunfels, and they'd spent time at the Alto Frio Baptist Camp and Conference Center before heading home...

Even though train accidents and deaths have decreased significantly in the last 10 years, the reduction is mostly from control over the trains themselves -- things like stopping trains from speeding and derailing. None of the improvements made so far can prevent...

Every year in the United States, more than 25 million students are transported over 4 billion miles to and from school via buses. Although fatalities and crashes are rare, they sometimes still occur. With that in mind, the National Highway Traffic Safety...

Most people probably worry about the safety of transit buses in the winter, when there's ice and snow on the ground that could make stopping one of those behemoths trickier--but it turns out that summer may be the season for bus accident dangers.According to a study...

A lot of people rely on buses for transportation, but being on foot around a bus stop is inherently dangerous. While statistics indicate that the majority of pedestrian accidents involve a car or pick-up truck, the risk of a pedestrian being killed goes up...

Can you sue a school over a dangerous school bus driver that causes an accident, injuring you or a family member? Absolutely—as long as you make sure you follow the rules.Suing a school district in Texas is always a bit complicated because the Texas Tort Claims...