DANGEROUS DRIVERS
* USA - Ala. bus crashes nose-first; 3 teens die
HUNTSVILLE,ALA,USA -The Houston Chronicle (Houston,TX), by DESIREE HUNTER/AP -Nov. 20, 2006: -- A school bus packed with high school students smashed through a guardrail along an overpass Monday and crashed nose-first 30 feet below, killing three teenage girls and injuring at least 30 other people, some critically, authorities said... A car driven by another high school student apparently came close to or struck the bus, causing it to plow through the concrete rail on the elevated section of Interstate 565 and crash onto Church Street below, said Police Chief Rex Reynolds. Two girls died at the scene, and a third died at a hospital...
* Australia - Ten accident-prone bus drivers sacked
Sydney,Australia -The Australian -Nov 20, 2006: -- Sydney Buses has sacked 10 of its drivers following a crackdown on the number of accidents its services are involved in... A specific investigation on the driver accident rate has found 32 Sydney Buses' drivers had each been involved in 30 or more accidents since January 2000... This had led to Sydney Buses' terminating the jobs of 10 drivers...
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