by The Associated Press
Published: Tue, July 08, 2008 - 5:34 pm CST
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal investigators say a confused busdriver thought he was entering an HOV lane when he drove instead up
an elevated exit ramp, through a stop sign and off an overpass last
year in Atlanta.
The driver, his wife, and 5 members of an Ohio college baseball
team were killed in the crash.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators say confusing
signs along the Atlanta freeway contributed to the accident --
along with driver error. And they say a lack of passenger safety
features on the bus added to the fatalities.
NTSB chairman Mark Rosenker says the crash was "an accident
that didn't have to happen."
Parents of several of the crash victims appeared at the meeting
in Washington to demand stronger bus safety regulations, including
stronger roofs, window glazing and mandatory seat belts.
One father notes that the NTSB made a similar set of
recommendations in 1968 but they never made it into law. John Betts
says "our sons would be alive today" had the proposals had been
adopted 40 years ago.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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