bus accident
Public transport wreck
A bus accident is a collision or crash involving a bus, whether with another vehicle, pedestrian, or stationary object.
The term covers everything from minor fender-benders to catastrophic crashes: Twelve people were hospitalized after the bus accident on the highway.
Because buses carry many passengers, bus accidents often make news even when injuries are minor.
- crashSudden violent impact
- head-on collisionDirect front-to-front impact
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
- fatal crashCollision causing death
passengers · injuries · highway · road closure · driver · brake failure · emergency · first responders · ambulance · paramedics · sirens · victims · school bus · overturned · pileup · transit · commuters · impact
- injury claimspersonal injury, injury claim, injury settlement, insurance claim, bodily harm
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