This morning, a tour bus from Kentucky headed to New York City rear-ended a flatbed truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The bus driver was killed, while dozens of passengers and the truck's driver were injured. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "The bus crashed into the back of the flatbed trailer the truck was pulling, pushing the truck halfway onto the highway berm. A skid mark at least 100 feet long was visible in the climbing lane."
The accident occurred at around 7:20 this morning, at mile marker 95.5, near the Donegal exit. The bus was carrying Asians tourists, and investigators were awaiting a translator to help get details about the crash.
The company is owned by Edward Ho of Bethlehem, PA; Ho spoke to the Post-Gazette: "Mr. Ho said the bus had been chartered June 1, and he just provided two drivers, one who has two years of experience with the company and the other who was just hired earlier this month. He said one of the drivers informed him of the accident this morning and told him that many passengers had been injured and that the other driver was complaining that he could not move before he died."
Last month, a NYC-bound tour bus crashed in Virginia, killing four people. In March, another NYC-bound tour bus crashed in the Bronx, killing 15.
