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Megabus crashes between Chicago and Kansas City
AP reports that a Megabus traveling between Chicago and Kansas City crashed into an Illinois interstate bridge support pillar on Thursday.
Passengers were thrown from their seats and one unidentified female passenger was killed when the bus smashed against the bridge support.
Injured passengers were taken to local hospitals, some by helicopter. Other uninjured passengers were taken to local community centers to be picked up by friends and relatives. Some passengers reported the cause as a blown tire, but this has not yet been confirmed by authorities.
Megabus, launched in April 2006, is a low-cost bus carrier that serves over 80 cities in North America. A Megabus crash in September, 2010 killed four passengers but the driver was acquitted of homicide this year.
Other recent high profile, low cost bus crashes have involved "Chinatown" buses that regularly run routes on the East Coast. These buses also ferried passengers back and forth from East Coast casinos.
In May of this year, US Transportation Department safety regulators shut down 26 of these bus operators (none of whom were affiliated with Megabus) for violations including drivers without valid commercial licenses and buses that were not inspected or repaired. At the time of the shut down, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said: "Shutting them down will save lives."
Megabus issued a statement that said: "Safety remains our number one priority." They said they would cooperate with authorities investigating the cause of the crash.
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