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Courts found Greyhound Lines to be at fault for the collision, regarding the failure to take action on the driver of the bus involved in the collision, who had a history of diabetes, heart and liver disease, and several other severe medical conditions which were disclosed following the investigation by the NTSB and Tennessee officials. [4]
Greyhound Lines, Inc. (Greyhound) operates the largest intercity bus service in North America. Services include Greyhound Mexico , charter bus services, and Amtrak Thruway services. Greyhound operates 1,700 coaches produced mainly by Motor Coach Industries and Prevost serving 230 stations and 1,700 destinations.
The 2001 Greyhound bus attack occurred on October 3, 2001, near Manchester, Tennessee, when Damir Igrić (September 21, 1972 – October 3, 2001), a Croatian man, commandeered a Greyhound Lines bus en route from Chicago to Orlando, Florida. He slashed the throat of the driver with a utility knife, causing the bus to crash into oncoming traffic ...
In the Madison County crash, Chapman the Greyhound bus was manufactured in 2014 and apparently had seat belts for the 22 passengers on board. Federal law has required seat belts on buses built ...
The bus hit three semi-trucks that were parked in the off-ramp at a rest stop on westbound I-70
The accident occurred at about 10 p.m. on Monday, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. After the initial impact, the bus left the roadway and flipped over. Benson was not wearing a ...
On August 4, 1952, Greyhound Lines had its deadliest crash when two Greyhound buses collided head-on along then-U.S. Route 81 near Waco, Texas. The fuel tanks of both buses then ruptured, bursting into flames. Of the 56 persons aboard both coaches, 28 were killed, including both drivers. [35] [36]
The GMC PD-4501 Scenicruiser, manufactured by General Motors (GM) for Greyhound Lines, Inc., was a three-axle monocoque two-level coach that Greyhound used from July 1954 into the mid-1970s. 1001 were made between 1954 and 1956.