Grand Canyon Tour Bus driver fell asleep before deadly crash

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  • Опубликовано: 6 май 2024
  • Angela Tirschman and her family are crash survivors still living through the trauma of what happened last summer near the Grand Canyon. Her 19-year-old son, Kyan Tirschman, is just thankful to be alive. Kyan’s leg was badly injured when their tour bus crashed near the parking lot at the Grand Canyon on August 1, 2023.
    “Some days are horrible. Some days we can’t get off our chair, but we go on,” said another passenger, Dorann Burgart.
    Her granddaughter, 20-year-old Landri Burgart, was killed in the crash.
    “She was always the light of our lives,” Dorann said.
    More on the investigation: www.abc15.com/news/local-news...
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Комментарии • 402

  • @angelmedley686
    @angelmedley686 Месяц назад +216

    The neglect found within this investigation shows that this company should not be operating. Shut them down before they kill an entire bus load of people and other innocent people on the road. This is infuriating!

    • @idajohnson7914
      @idajohnson7914 Месяц назад +13

      I was almost hit by a driver for this company just 3 days ago.

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 Месяц назад +11

      The tour bus industry is riddled with operators that cut corners on maintenance and safety such as with brakes and tires and unqualified drivers. It's been going on for decades. I remember one crash a few years back in that the illegal immigrant driver didn't even have a valid CDL license. One year the DOT shut down 52 companies and yet more replace them. I won't set foot on one. The buses look nice but that's where it stops.

    • @moth450
      @moth450 Месяц назад

      All they will do is go out of business, and come back as a new name. Democrats in office are more worried about your money going aboard then spent on you at home. Just as car dealers rip ppl off and return as a new car lot.

    • @Baba-fy1jc
      @Baba-fy1jc 29 дней назад +2

      The Voter likes the meritocracy and that makes it Visible that the Voter in many worse Situations, the Cause is .
      The Human Likes so a ,I make with more love the other People, to my Patsy Show.
      On this way makes the Human, day for day ,on many Places , his Fake Moral Expert Show Visible.

    • @macbook802
      @macbook802 29 дней назад +5

      There's only one company that operates all of them under different LLCs. Blame AZDOT, they know the game and allow it to continue. They actually assist in the game

  • @rolypolyyy
    @rolypolyyy Месяц назад +218

    Why does it take 5 months to fight to get a crash report? Who is gatekeeping all this information?

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld Месяц назад +19

      Our government, that’s why.

    • @kevinconrad6156
      @kevinconrad6156 Месяц назад +13

      @@HWG-wm8ld LE does not like people looking over their work and they think they are outside the law.

    • @doverbeachcomber
      @doverbeachcomber Месяц назад

      Time will tell, but the trail may lead to the doorstep of Arizona’s Democrat governor, Katie Hobbs, and the corrupt officials serving under her.

    • @ladyscarfaceangel4616
      @ladyscarfaceangel4616 Месяц назад

      Because it takes time for the NTSB to gather up all the facts & research everything. You get a preliminary report usually after a few weeks. It takes time to investigate anything. If you wanna do it right & not miss anything. The NTSB will go over it with a fine tooth comb. It's one of the only US government run organizations that I do trust. They're really good. It's the same with plane crashes. It can take up to 1-2 years sometimes to finish an investigation. Sometimes longer if it's real challenging.

    • @UncleKennysPlace
      @UncleKennysPlace Месяц назад +7

      If the NTSB does a crash report (for trains, buses, aircraft, ships) it can take years.

  • @Trainfan1055Janathan
    @Trainfan1055Janathan 28 дней назад +30

    I'm a public transit bus driver and I also used to drive school buses. I have annoyed the company I work for with how many buses I reject. I am extremely strict on what I will leave the lot with.
    Once when I was a school bus driver, the bus I was inspecting had an emergency window with a broken handle, so I rejected it. On the second bus, one of the levers broke off as I was testing it, so I rejected it. Ditto for the third bus.
    On the fourth bus, the manager secretly called me and said, "Don't pre-trip it. If it looks okay, just take it." I pre-tripped it anyway. I thought, "I'll be damned if I end up on the news because I listened to you."
    As for falling asleep at the controls, transportation companies need to do a better job at checking if you have sleep apnea. It costs $400 out of pocket to have a test done to even _find out_ if you have sleep apnea. If you do, it's an additional $500 out of pocket for the CPAP machine. At any point in time, the insurance company can just decide not to cover you anymore, so you must show proof that you were using it for at least 4 hours per night.
    Also, bus companies in general take advantage of the law. You must be clocked out for 8 hours per day. Most companies interpret that as, "Clock out at 12:00 midnight, then come back at 8:00 in the morning." If you're wondering how you can have time to get 8 hours of sleep, if some of that time is spent driving home, eating dinner, getting ready for work, eating breakfast and driving to work, well...

  • @Starfish2145
    @Starfish2145 Месяц назад +90

    Always always always wear your seatbelt on those buses. People have a false sense of security in those big things

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld Месяц назад +21

      Remember our school buses in the 80s? No belts

    • @mayberryfiya3528
      @mayberryfiya3528 Месяц назад +23

      Not all have seat belts tho 😒

    • @Wildman-zh8lg
      @Wildman-zh8lg 29 дней назад +5

      @@HWG-wm8ld Is school buses today?Don't have sea belts

    • @user-jl1zs6kj7i
      @user-jl1zs6kj7i 29 дней назад +9

      I've been on these and there is no seat belts

    • @Wildman-zh8lg
      @Wildman-zh8lg 29 дней назад +9

      How are you supposed to wear a seat belt if they don't have them

  • @Starfish2145
    @Starfish2145 Месяц назад +139

    Sue them out of existence

    • @HKim0072
      @HKim0072 Месяц назад +3

      Any competent business will be setup as a corporation with limited liability. Basically, they are suing a shell company + the insurance companies which have limited payouts under their policy.
      Company is done.

    • @MelissaR784
      @MelissaR784 29 дней назад +1

      @@HKim0072 Can they create another LLC under a different name?

    • @HKim0072
      @HKim0072 29 дней назад +1

      @@MelissaR784 Yes, generally the smart way to run this type of business would to put the assets (buses) under a different LLC. The shell company then leases the buses. Generally, the shell company should have zero assets.
      In theory, they can setup another shell company and lease the buses again (if it was setup properly).

    • @macbook802
      @macbook802 29 дней назад +1

      Azdot is to blame

    • @MelissaR784
      @MelissaR784 28 дней назад +1

      @@HKim0072 Thanks for answering me.

  • @laurabogue3503
    @laurabogue3503 Месяц назад +72

    Commercial drivers are being pushed harder, to drive longer, and take more risks, for less money. These accidents are preventable. But unless the most obvious safety issue is addressed, driver fatigue, these accidents WILL keep happening.

    • @muckle8
      @muckle8 Месяц назад +4

      Keep happening and will keep escalating too.

    • @tacallahan
      @tacallahan Месяц назад +2

      The drivers can have a big impact on this, yes they will not have a job but if they all work together on these issues it can change how the companies operate.
      If they can't operate the vehicles at all and get customers then maybe they will fix the issues and stay on top of it.

    • @Callidus7SSM
      @Callidus7SSM 27 дней назад +2

      @@tacallahan easy to say when it’s not your ability to eat, or feed your children on the line. Easy to say when it’s not you who will be left homeless during a frigid winter from lack of an income.
      The companies should be forced to implement anti-fatigue policies, just like with the airline industry. It’s not rocket science

    • @michiganstad
      @michiganstad 19 дней назад

      yeah those republicans call it The FREE Market . The Hell with Both

    • @Perich29
      @Perich29 17 дней назад

      ​@@Callidus7SSMthey need to add sleeper birth on motorcoach like you see on semi tractors.

  • @brucetifer
    @brucetifer Месяц назад +54

    As a retired truck driver, the company needs to be held accountable. There are rules about drivers hours of service and standards maintenance of the vehicles. The state needs to put that company out of business.

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 Месяц назад +61

    The tour bus industry has been like this for decades now. They cut corners on maintenance such as brakes, tires and hiring unqualified drivers. The DOT sometimes shuts them down and they just get replaced by another operator and are out on the road again.
    Don't set foot on one if you value your life and limb.

  • @corneliusdinkmeyer2190
    @corneliusdinkmeyer2190 Месяц назад +28

    It’s the company that pressures the drivers into doing this. If you don’t go along with it, they cut your hours down to something you can’t live on.

    • @AT-zl6dk
      @AT-zl6dk 22 дня назад

      You have to be a responsible adult especially if you taken care of people/ serving the public. As a nurse practitioner & a former floor nurse being an advocate for overall safety with patients and in this case passengers is Number 1 priority. This is unacceptable, the driver & company should be held accountable. Safety first. If I’m sick or exhausted taking time off would be the next best thing to do. Human errors happen, no one is perfect but some things are preventable.

    • @AT-zl6dk
      @AT-zl6dk 22 дня назад

      This is the reason for refresher courses, certification renewal and continued educational opportunities every year. Safety check on equipment, proper labeling, documentation. Every detail matters it’s that serious because you can harm people if you skip steps or neglect the obvious. My heart is saddened. Vegas is so much fun. The whole point of tour bus is to relax & enjoy the ride to your destination 😞

    • @zzizahacallar
      @zzizahacallar 10 дней назад

      I believe it

    • @zzizahacallar
      @zzizahacallar 10 дней назад

      Sad this happened

  • @TreeLBollingTreeMan
    @TreeLBollingTreeMan Месяц назад +56

    I used to drive for a nation wide company that transports railroad crews, many the time I was ordered to drive over hours and was threatened with being fired if I refused to do the trip. Many was the times I would report a tire worn out or windshield wipers not working or even headlights out and was told to still use the van, Most railroad crew transport companies are the same way.

    • @djdigital3806
      @djdigital3806 26 дней назад +2

      All garbage 🗑️ recycling ♻️ companies operate like this. 🤨

  • @chiefsnarlsnortz1610
    @chiefsnarlsnortz1610 Месяц назад +18

    Amazing! Out of CA with the strictest rules in the country. The CA DOT needs to be held accountable as well.

    • @MelissaR784
      @MelissaR784 29 дней назад

      California has over 500 State agencies. Could be why our taxes are so high. Agencies overseeing agencies and none of them worth a plug nickel in my opinion. Protecting their own is what they do best. And protecting criminals over protecting the citizens. Hence the nickname "Comiefornia."

  • @pamelamorgan2866
    @pamelamorgan2866 Месяц назад +41

    The bus company needs to cough up some serious money for these people's suffering.

  • @sles7229
    @sles7229 Месяц назад +45

    greyhound bus driver i sat behind kept slapping his leg for an hour, i knew it was to keep himself awake. def it's a problem

    • @stanislavkostarnov2157
      @stanislavkostarnov2157 Месяц назад +6

      hopefully he was not suffering a Psychotics withdrawal
      because, that is one of the common symptoms for a person just getting off Psychedelics'.

    • @cindytackett7106
      @cindytackett7106 29 дней назад +2

      You could always pinch him every 15 minutes ...

    • @User_92020
      @User_92020 29 дней назад +5

      You should've whispered in his ear
      " I'm watching 👀 you"

  • @don7294
    @don7294 Месяц назад +55

    I was in a terrible accident in 1988 when a dump truck pulling a backhoe ran a red light and ran over my small car. The POS driver was an illegal alien with no license or insurance. He ran and made it back to Mexico. Of course the cops never even looked for him. I was in the hospital for 6 months and I am still recovering. I had no one to sue and three young children. I was lucky to survive but I have not had a pain-free day since 1988. Driving illegally can have serious consequences.

    • @mimim8532
      @mimim8532 Месяц назад +9

      I am so sorry for all you have been through. Love and blessings…sincerely.

    • @Jadeserphant
      @Jadeserphant Месяц назад +8

      I completely understand. I was hit head on and two cars in the back end. The one that hit me head on was putting on makeup and turned right in front of me. None of us could miss her. I had years and years of chronic pain. I still have problems unless I’m very careful about what and how much I do. The least bit I over do and I’m in bed for a week with migraines and serious neck pain. None of the other three driver had more than minimum insurance coverage. I had to sue my own insurance company. I didn’t even get enough to cover my medical bills. And I didn’t have kids. I can’t imagine how you have done it, and I’m so sorry you had to. Thinking good thoughts your way.

    • @tangotea7192
      @tangotea7192 29 дней назад +4

      🙏🏾💜

    • @aaronscarpa7469
      @aaronscarpa7469 26 дней назад +4

      My friend is paralyzed from an accident with an illegal immigrant. It infuriates me how they don’t have the same consequences apply to them. The judge let her stay out of jail to “take care of her kids”, but they just fled the country. Every president has failed to protect our border.

    • @aaronscarpa7469
      @aaronscarpa7469 26 дней назад

      @Lilypoo621 we know for sure. It was fully investigated.

  • @jrose-xp6tf
    @jrose-xp6tf Месяц назад +23

    50 FT. to the parking lot, you're sleepy...what do you do?

  • @marinasantiago24
    @marinasantiago24 Месяц назад +13

    The big responsible is the owner and manager they have to know who they contract to drive,sometimes they force drivers to make double shifts,and the driver have to know his limits and he have so many life in his hands

  • @shawnhuff3920
    @shawnhuff3920 Месяц назад +11

    I'm a truck driver semi truck driver and a bus driver has the same rules if the driver did a pre trip inspection that bus would have been in the shop getting repairs rather than the bus on the road

  • @2DoorExplore
    @2DoorExplore Месяц назад +7

    Imagine all the poorly maintained vehicles on the road, not “regulated” by a company or a “professional” driver. Just regular irresponsible people.

    • @Eric_Bassett
      @Eric_Bassett 13 дней назад +1

      It all goes back to politics, people who want small government.. well this would become an even bigger issue.

  • @toddbrown7702
    @toddbrown7702 Месяц назад +17

    I hope the victims read this. They should also be suing the state & or whoever is giving out said violation’s! 161 in 6 months all safety violations! And over worked drivers. Pretty much says that it’s a waste of our tax money to even inspect these busses. That makes 26.833 violations a month if you see it that way. Why did they NOT shut them down. Is this what it takes, before they actually think of people’s safety??? Consistently overworking employees & lack of maintenance on the busses & falsifying log books. Over & over.
    They should also sue the owner of said company.
    God bless all of the passengers.
    How many violations does it take before the transportation board decides to do something about it????? This is very sad & should have never happened.
    My condolences to the family that lost their granddaughter. I hope the kid can recover well without loosing too much use and feeling. He will remember it every day he sees his scars.
    Sad how the ones in charge actually really try to protect the innocent.

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld Месяц назад

      It’s why they took so long to give the report. They are guilty too. Our government only cares about staying in power.

  • @RebelMontana
    @RebelMontana Месяц назад +9

    Weigh Station should start inspecting these buses. As a truck driver there standards on how much we can drive and work. The company have multiple violations regarding HOS should be flagged down.

  • @gammahinAz
    @gammahinAz Месяц назад +57

    American Transportation Services needs to be fined out of business. The driver should be doing prison time for manslaughter and attempted murder. People should be able to look up safety reports for tour bus services BEFORE utilizing their services. This alone could help save lives and/or prevent life changing injuries. Amazing one can look up reviews for eye drops but not be able to find safety reports for something that puts their life on the line.

    • @angelmedley686
      @angelmedley686 Месяц назад +9

      They know what they've done. One cover up after another. That is why it took so long, 5 months, to get the public report!

    • @toddbrown7702
      @toddbrown7702 Месяц назад +4

      Absolutely BS!

    • @user-gz3cc8vh7g
      @user-gz3cc8vh7g Месяц назад +5

      I guess you've never fallen asleep at the wheel? Compensation yes Prison no

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld Месяц назад +4

      No, especially if I’m responsible for other lives.

    • @edwardantrobusjr2253
      @edwardantrobusjr2253 Месяц назад +5

      @@user-gz3cc8vh7g He fell asleep because he had been on duty too long. As a long distance truck driver, I believe he deserves prison. But, anyone who new he was over hours, also deserves prison.

  • @eddieflxible379
    @eddieflxible379 Месяц назад +9

    Lots of times the day prior, the drivers are doing a local city tour of Las Vegas usually until 10 or 11pm. Some of these drivers are forced to get up at 4 or 5am, Pick up groups from their respected hotels to take people to the Grand Canyon West Rim. DOT Inspectors are usually at the Grand Canyon West Rim unnanounced. Had the bus made it safely to the customer drop-off point, DOT Wouldve pulled that bus for inspection and put it out of service.

  • @ms.donaldson2533
    @ms.donaldson2533 Месяц назад +5

    "It was good until it wasn't" words of a real Maryland woman

  • @wlachappelle
    @wlachappelle Месяц назад +8

    They should make the drivers rest before the trips

    • @cindytackett7106
      @cindytackett7106 29 дней назад +1

      Make ? and what's your plan on how to "make"them rest/sleep?

  • @aseasonedtrucker431
    @aseasonedtrucker431 29 дней назад +8

    Being a truck driver for over 40 years and takes my job seriously, this should of never happened. Ignoring all of the safety regulations.

    • @AT-zl6dk
      @AT-zl6dk 22 дня назад

      Respect 🫡
      I totally agree

  • @trekker1961
    @trekker1961 28 дней назад +2

    Went on the west rim Grand Canyon bus tour a year ago, now looking through records to see what company we used. Our driver talked constantly the entire trip, we all knew he was alert and awake. Back then it was slightly annoying that he never shut up, but now people should hope for a talkative driver.

    • @EagerElectricCar-de1ss
      @EagerElectricCar-de1ss 27 дней назад

      Hahahhaahaaaaa😂
      Yeah talkative, he wont feel asleep. . .
      But how about the drivers concentration on the road when he is talki g too much😅. . .
      I also tried bus tours 2x and they have steward, stewardess who do the talking so driver can concentratw on the road...

    • @trekker1961
      @trekker1961 27 дней назад

      @@EagerElectricCar-de1ss it wasn’t like he turning around and looking at us as he was driving, I don’t know about you but I can talk and drive at the same time. There’s a difference between looking at your cell phone and driving and having a conversation with the passengers in your car. Try it, it’s easy 🤣🤣🤣

    • @EagerElectricCar-de1ss
      @EagerElectricCar-de1ss 26 дней назад

      @@trekker1961
      Hahaahaaa😅. . .
      Yeaaaaah. . .
      I remember our road trip in the dessert - Death Valley, my uncle who is the driver the whole trip does the talking and
      driving😅. .and my auntie is the lookout on the road🤣. .no other cars, only us...LOL😆
      (. . .missing America. . .hope to visit again someday🤗)

  • @houstonlady1
    @houstonlady1 Месяц назад +12

    Why are those buses still operating? Who is letting those buses continue to operate. Maybe, follow the money trail.

    • @pambp5978
      @pambp5978 Месяц назад +4

      I would guess the state doesn't have proper regulations.. obviously these types of issues are tolerated.

  • @maxiboy2704
    @maxiboy2704 Месяц назад +6

    I don’t know much about tour bus rates, but I can only imagine as a professional driver myself that the company probably overcharges their customers to cover the cost of said violations because it’s a company’s choice to keep letting violators slide and to keep revenue flowing, that should be something to investigate. What a shame, prayers to all who were affected by this tragedy

    • @EagerElectricCar-de1ss
      @EagerElectricCar-de1ss 27 дней назад

      Rate depends on the number of days and number of tourist spots to be visited...
      Year 2018, i tried the 1 day tour bus from NY - NJ - Delaware - Maryland - Virginia - Washington them back to NY and it cost me $150 ....
      There are other routes and other states. .it is a packaged, the more number of days, the rate is higher because food and hotel is included...

    • @maxiboy2704
      @maxiboy2704 27 дней назад

      @@EagerElectricCar-de1ss maybe an honest company would go by those numbers. But obviously these guys are repeat offenders and do you have the science to back up your claim?

    • @EagerElectricCar-de1ss
      @EagerElectricCar-de1ss 27 дней назад

      @@maxiboy2704
      mmmmmm. . .that is purely based from my experience. . .
      I tried the 3days, 2 nights tour bus from LA to Sta. Barbara to San Francisco to Yosemite National Park to Fresno and back to LA but i don't know how much it cost coz my uncle and auntie shouldered the trip. .but i know it costs them more than $500 because i slept in a single room of a nice hotel...
      science? Hahaaa I'm not good at it🤣

  • @jancull7624
    @jancull7624 Месяц назад +2

    Same happened to my mom aunt and I we were coming back from the grand cannon I approached her told her I saw you falling asleep I sat beside her and talked all the way down ,half way down at there rest stop she changed and another man drove us the rest of the way down scared me half to death , I’m so sorry rip to any that lost there life’s

  • @awp_shazbot
    @awp_shazbot Месяц назад +11

    That poor girl

  • @10pointDefender
    @10pointDefender Месяц назад +9

    That driver is 100% responsible! He should be in prison. He drove illegally and the company allowed that needs to be held accountable!!

    • @jasonn4597
      @jasonn4597 14 дней назад

      He won't as he wasn't on drugs or alcohol at the time

  • @IcarusTECH
    @IcarusTECH Месяц назад +14

    Typical tour bus company...

  • @bebe553
    @bebe553 Месяц назад +46

    67 isn't too old to drive, what happened could have happened regardless of the driver's age.

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld Месяц назад +7

      Depends on the person.

    • @conniewolf7300
      @conniewolf7300 Месяц назад +4

      He had to have had something going on medically for him to fall asleep driving those people!

    • @FlyingNazgul-wm1dv
      @FlyingNazgul-wm1dv Месяц назад +4

      No actually thats old as the mountains
      You need to stop driving grandma

    • @alissagonzales735
      @alissagonzales735 Месяц назад +10

      My mother in law drove til the age of 89. She drive from Phoenix to Laughlin to Las Vegas. She still could backup into a space better then most young. Could parallel park on first try.. Falling asleep even for a few seconds can happen to a young person as well as an old. It all has to do with the person.

    • @bebe553
      @bebe553 Месяц назад +4

      @@FlyingNazgul-wm1dv
      Tell that to your GRANDMA.

  • @EndPoliceBrutailty
    @EndPoliceBrutailty 27 дней назад +1

    Holy cow, my mom was just there a few weeks ago..... 😩 I hope and pray for everyone's healing from this. So sad.... 😞

  • @shodopoet
    @shodopoet Месяц назад +7

    Wow tragic I hadn’t heard about this from bliss to horror in an instant yeah I like to be behind the wheel or not on the road May those injured heal well

  • @DreamerLV
    @DreamerLV Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for reporting! This is the first I heard about this accident, the Las Vegas news don’t report on these occurances and keep them very quiet. My condolences to the victims.

  • @timothyhorner3152
    @timothyhorner3152 29 дней назад +1

    Bless that young ladies heart ❤️

  • @lindabrennan4455
    @lindabrennan4455 Месяц назад

    That is horrific! Poor people.

  • @chafikketan6594
    @chafikketan6594 27 дней назад

    Praying 🙏

  • @user-sf6zn3qh5z
    @user-sf6zn3qh5z Месяц назад +4

    Doesn't make sense why did roll over because if tire goes out in bac wont make roll over unless front tire goes out then that would cause roll over

  • @user-di5jk7cz6m
    @user-di5jk7cz6m Месяц назад +2

    There’s a difference between being older and being qualified to drive your personal car , I’m 76 and being qualified for a bus load of passengers!

  • @FlyingNazgul-wm1dv
    @FlyingNazgul-wm1dv Месяц назад +3

    And now the poor young guy will be crippled for life
    Anyone whos injured a leg or knee knows what its like

  • @ryanreeves70
    @ryanreeves70 Месяц назад +3

    5 months to get a public crash report..so many wrong doings here.

  • @marylynne1411
    @marylynne1411 26 дней назад

    This is so scary. God Bless everyone involved and rip to Landry who lost her life.

  • @conniewolf7300
    @conniewolf7300 Месяц назад +1

    Dang!!!!

  • @andrewmiller9834
    @andrewmiller9834 28 дней назад

    Thanks for your hard work

  • @robertcottrill1220
    @robertcottrill1220 Месяц назад +2

    I just love the company's attorney response. We can't talk about it because we respect the victims..... Well you know my feeling is if they respected they're passengers they would have had a mechanically sound bush without bald tires.. And a driver that hadn't been awake for seventy hours.

  • @vickieallsopp137
    @vickieallsopp137 Месяц назад +6

    This is happening to often🥺

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld Месяц назад +2

      Because there are more people

  • @sherryislam2002
    @sherryislam2002 26 дней назад

    Good luck mother and son. Hope he recovers fully.

  • @lanaetaylor6317
    @lanaetaylor6317 29 дней назад +1

    The legal system is a joke. I was in a car accident in 1997 in Arizona with my parents. The guy who hit us, killed my Mom. He got a lesser sentence thanks to my dad's forgiveness for how young he was. A month later the same guy ran another stop sign and hit a cop. Again, he got away with breaking his probation rules and should have been in jail a lot longer.

  • @jovitarich7078
    @jovitarich7078 23 дня назад

    Everytime I used a bus, I try to sit closer to the driver and engage with him/her as to keep them awake. It gives me peace of mind knowing that they are awake while driving.

  • @johotnanbron8999
    @johotnanbron8999 29 дней назад +1

    Let’s be real. We need vehicle maintenance laws for EVERYONE on the road along with harsher laws for fatigued and distracted driving for EVERYONE if we want to prevent fatalities and injuries on our roads. One small business being sued out of thousands operating in this country is not going to change anything. We all need to be accountable for safe driving practices. But this news report is eye opening as I will think twice about taking a tour bus and will definitely pay attention to the condition of the bus and driver.

  • @AT-zl6dk
    @AT-zl6dk 22 дня назад

    This reminds of the limousine crash years ago. That family loss several family members. I will never forget that family 😞🤍
    Rest in Peace Landry 🕊️

  • @Callidus7SSM
    @Callidus7SSM 27 дней назад +1

    Everyone blaming the driver as if he really had a choice. If he declined to drive that shift I can guarantee you he would have been severely punished and/or fired by the company. The company bears 100% of the blame for allowing him to drive in excess of what the regulations stated.

  • @sheilastahl633
    @sheilastahl633 5 дней назад

    Never give up and keep pushing because what they did was wrong. So sorry for the loss of that young beautiful girl.

  • @aristotlekumpis7095
    @aristotlekumpis7095 Месяц назад +1

    Add to the fact that most people riding in buses never use the seatbelts.

  • @MeltedPearls
    @MeltedPearls Месяц назад

    Great work, ABC15.

  • @VladimirBlarp
    @VladimirBlarp 27 дней назад +1

    I was on a tour bus about 4 yrs ago. Out on the highway, the driver suddenly swerved to the shoulder, slammed on the brakes and stopped. He then got out of his seat and pooped on the stairs leading out of the bus. Then he got back in his seat and continued driving. We drove for 40 minutes to the next town, and had to smell those poops the whole time. It was awful. Then we all scrambled off the bus and I stepped in the poop, almost slipping, and it ruined my flip flops.

  • @EagerElectricCar-de1ss
    @EagerElectricCar-de1ss 27 дней назад +1

    Ohhhhhhh myyyyyy!😢
    Prayers for the many families involved in this incident...
    Aside from driving for yourself and waiting for your relatives to have day off or on vacation to drive you around, the tour bus is the best to go to places you wanna visit in America. . .it is a huge country. .i did try tour bus from NY - NJ - Delaware - Maryland - Virginia - Washington, etc and back to NY. . One of the best bus tour experience...
    Then my uncle F and auntie J booked me for a tour bus from LA - Sta. Barbara - San Francisco - Yosemite National Park and back tp LA...My best tour bus experience coz i did notay😅
    And i wish to try other bus tours in the future. . .and hope tour bus companies will improve for the better...

  • @jeffreywitczak9840
    @jeffreywitczak9840 Месяц назад +1

    As a former bus driver we are to inspect our busses before leaving the yard or terminal. Drivers have a clipboard and an inspection chart to be filled out before departure including millage. And after a driver has completed their shift a return inspection and final millage is filled out. then that log is handed in daily to the shift supervisor. Why that guy left the bus yard with a bald tire with the steel core exposed is beyond me. All drivers have flashlights on the bus if the guy left before sunrise. Unless someone was using recapped tires? And the recapped tire peeled off. People see recaps all torn into pieces on highways especially in summer. But they are not allowed to be used on busses. Front and rear tires on busses have to be replaced with brand new tires.

  • @garykeenan3724
    @garykeenan3724 Месяц назад +1

    Did he fall asleep or have a blockage in blood vein going to his brain? I done that twice before suffering a stroke not realizing what was wrong with me!!! ❤❤❤

  • @afvet5075
    @afvet5075 Месяц назад +1

    Complacency. Plain and simple. You can never let your guard down when people's lives are in your hands.

  • @amandagale922
    @amandagale922 28 дней назад +2

    What was the name of the bus company so I can avoid it?

  • @veronicamackay1627
    @veronicamackay1627 26 дней назад +1

    Sue the hell out of the Bus company and shut them down.

  • @katyp5914
    @katyp5914 26 дней назад

    💔🕊

  • @neckarsulme
    @neckarsulme 23 дня назад +1

    This is why I left my last company...they would try and put vehicles on the road that were unsafe...I refused multiple dispatches due to finding faulty equipment on pre trip inspections...Many companies talk a good game on "safety" but really don't care as long as the load goes out

  • @anthonycloyd4897
    @anthonycloyd4897 28 дней назад +1

    1.7k people liked that the driver fell asleep at the wheel

  • @bretgreen5314
    @bretgreen5314 Месяц назад

    Good reporting

  • @MilePost106
    @MilePost106 Месяц назад +4

    These people who drive these buses are like psycho the way they drive! I drove truck and was taking a left on another highway and psycho bus driver in a hurry passes me on the left while I’m making a left hand turn. I have seen a lot of bus crashes in my time and why they are not doing background checks and watching these kind of people.

  • @paris6378
    @paris6378 29 дней назад

    I agree with the people on the bus and I pray for all of them for healing to keep going.

  • @shellygardner6410
    @shellygardner6410 Месяц назад +1

    The presumption of safety when you leave your house is as solid as you presumption of your privacy.

  • @AD-xt9og
    @AD-xt9og Месяц назад +2

    I would look into the manufacturer of that bus. There should not be serious injuries in a bus like that rolling onto its side in a parking lot. The emergency exit windows must have come open as the bus rolled.

    • @adventureoflinkmk2
      @adventureoflinkmk2 Месяц назад

      And that would be a volvo 9700, 2017 model. I know I've driven one

    • @muckle8
      @muckle8 Месяц назад

      Not the bus , the driver was the fault.

  • @thisisme3238
    @thisisme3238 25 дней назад

    After hearing this about a tour bus, it makes me NEVER want to take a tour bus anywhere.

  • @darrellmccance7776
    @darrellmccance7776 16 дней назад

    As a limousine operator, I'm telling you that driver should never be allowed to drive a commercial vehicle ever again and this company should be shut down permanently. Laws are AFU in this country

  • @NA-kp1lk
    @NA-kp1lk 19 дней назад

    We took this tour once and one thing that I remember that scared me was the driver was going out if the lane constantly. He looked really tired.

  • @christinajohnson3378
    @christinajohnson3378 26 дней назад

    I’m surprised they didn’t blame a truck driver for this

  • @MegaLivingIt
    @MegaLivingIt 27 дней назад +1

    Kyan You will be OK. Same injury same place on my leg and you will not loose your freedom or sport. Take heart, it takes a couple of years. And it helps if you were athletic before, which I bet you were, so don't panic.🧡

  • @StopCensoring-fq5fl
    @StopCensoring-fq5fl 26 дней назад

    I took that same tour and thank God that bus didn't go over the cliff on the way to the Sky Walk.
    Grand Canyon is no place for negligent behavior!

  • @gasmith7486
    @gasmith7486 26 дней назад

    Please show a picture of the driver.

  • @66skate
    @66skate 28 дней назад

    We went on one of these tours in 2019 on the other side of The Grand Canyon. It was part of a package for The Train that travels through the state park. So, if they hire the bus company, does that make them responsible?

  • @MsTambri10
    @MsTambri10 29 дней назад +1

    Why is this transportation company is still operating?

  • @lovesweetpeas47
    @lovesweetpeas47 29 дней назад

    Why is it that transport drivers have restrictions on how long they are allowed to drive, but bus drivers have not. this company should be shut down, after so many infractions, a person was killed on what was supposed to be a good tour. This is so sad, and he should not be allowed to drive again.

  • @harrieelias5756
    @harrieelias5756 22 дня назад

    Too much stress and anxiety is causing many deaths

  • @owencrutcher493
    @owencrutcher493 Месяц назад +2

    Out of compliance with his log book

  • @PEDALSnPROJECTS
    @PEDALSnPROJECTS 29 дней назад

    Why report something that already happened that we can do nothing about but trigger our stress and anxiety

  • @macbrazzle754
    @macbrazzle754 Месяц назад +1

    That’s exactly why I always drive myself I don’t ever do stupid stuff like that

  • @danor6812
    @danor6812 Месяц назад +1

    The tire did not blow and cause the bus to roll over. It was the driver. Tire tread being below DOT specs has nothing to do with it. Because it's the drivers responsibility to make sure the bus was safe to drive. He didn't report the tire being bad and allow them to change it out. That's on him. Anything else that may have been wrong with the bus and not repaired before leaving the terminal is also all on him for operating an unsafe vehicle. His working over hours and "nodding off" is all on him as well. He could/should have told the dispatcher he was too tired, and over hours to drive. That's also on him.

  • @christinajohnson3378
    @christinajohnson3378 26 дней назад +2

    When the money is hard to come by this is the result… overworked and underpaid never creates a safe working environment.

  • @marywelsh5548
    @marywelsh5548 28 дней назад

    If criminal charges can't be laid the company should be sued out of existence! My heart goes out to the families and friends of the passengers. ABC15 Arizona you rock!

  • @tshaffer9681
    @tshaffer9681 27 дней назад +1

    I would also go after County Code for not enforcing the violations. They knew about it but didn't do anything.

  • @rws91942
    @rws91942 25 дней назад

    Fatalities that are the result of a driver going over hours should automatically shut the offending company down. ( It can already cost the driver their CDL.) Responsibility needs to be shared between both the company and the driver. Neither should be in the commercial driving business ever again.

  • @BJ-dv7dk
    @BJ-dv7dk 20 дней назад

    I'm pretty sure we rode on one of their busses abut 10 years ago. We stayed in Las Vegas and the bus picked us up outside the hotel. The bus we had broke down and overheated so they had to load us onto one of the other busses and wait for it to cool off. I wondered then about their maintenance records.

  • @tyreemines9520
    @tyreemines9520 29 дней назад

    Aint no way!! If this was a truck driver he would still be in jail, possibly prison.Investigation would have been open, shut within a week, and DOT would have new regulations for companies, truck drivers by now. Absurd.

  • @cjespers
    @cjespers 29 дней назад

    "If memories were all I had, I'd rather drive the bus" Sue their ass off. Thanks for the video. Bless all.

  • @anitracooley4222
    @anitracooley4222 23 дня назад

    Shameful how victims get treated 😢

  • @Islandgirl2133
    @Islandgirl2133 29 дней назад +1

    I drove for Greyhound. Mandatory on call runs. They fired me for being too sleepy to take a run.

  • @elainebach394
    @elainebach394 29 дней назад

    As a truck driver, i can say i easily come across buses being driven very irresponsibly. Speeding, swerving, cutting in and out of traffic, cutting off other vehicles. I always wonder how long has the driver been on duty? Especially when im almost sideswiped by them.

  • @JennWatson
    @JennWatson 25 дней назад

    Wow this is really frightening- I'm sure some people were asleep and woke up to horror! 😮

  • @backshotbarbie2035
    @backshotbarbie2035 27 дней назад

    I was thinking about doing this tour in Las Vegas smh

  • @zombieapocalypsexx9253
    @zombieapocalypsexx9253 19 дней назад

    Passengers are just numbers more dollar signs.
    These companies don't give any kind of crap about people's comfort, safety, or well being.
    If the passengers die on the bus the turn the other way avoid what happened keep getting those numbers for profit.
    It's actually really sickening.