Last year, Queens bus driver Kin Yiu Cheung was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter after he flipped his Chinatown-bound Sky Express bus on a highway in Virginia. The crackdown followed a spate of deadly crashes which revealed that drivers were not getting enough sleep and buses were not being properly maintained. In May, the feds shut down 26 budget bus operators, most operating out of Chinatown and running the I-95 route from New York to Florida, declaring them “imminent hazards to public safety.” “We can’t really say anything right now because it’s under investigation,” she said, declining to give her name. Department of Transportation.Ī woman who answered the phone at the bus company said their driver was in “good condition” but could not say how long he had been on duty before the crash. It has been inspected 19 times over the past two years by the U.S. The worst hurt were treated for deep cuts and bruises, police said.Ĭhen, who works for Star Tag Inc., had a valid drivers license and his log book appeared to be up to date, said Collins.Īlso, records indicate that the Brooklyn bus company had, up till now, a clean safety record. Most of the injured, who ranged in age from late 20s to early 60s, complained of head, back and neck pain. “One lady was making noises like she was hurt.”

“Some people were walking with pain,” witness Melkia Cortes, 40, said. Once out, stunned crash survivors described by witnesses as “walking wounded,” stood waiting for help on the highway as cops blocked off the lanes.

In an instant, what had been up an uneventful ride home to Flushing from the Foxwoods Casino turned into a cacophony of chaos as screaming passengers struggled to escape the bus, witnesses said. when Chen’s bus slammed into the left cement guardrail and cut over three lanes before striking and skidding along the right side guardrail between exits 15 and 16. “We believe speed and weather conditions were factors.” “We don’t know why the driver lost control at this point,” said State Police Sgt. Chen, 48, of Brooklyn, was taken to the hospital and police were expected to question him later.

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