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dodsworth All-Star Author Salem Posts:783 Points:297,655 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 1:20:40 PM Ignore dodsworth Report Abuse U.S. regulators ordered the immediate shutdown of a tour bus operator involved in a deadly tour bus crash on a mountain road in San Bernardino County last weekend. The Sunday evening crash killed at least eight people, including seven tour bus passengers and a pickup driver who was struck by the bus as it careened out of control on Highway 38 near Yucaipa. Dozens of people were injured in the crash, some of them critically. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said in a statement Friday that the buses operated by Scapadas Magicas LLC pose an imminent hazard to public safety. A bus operated by the company was transporting passengers to Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday when it smashed into a sedan, flipped, slammed into a pickup and crashed on a road in the San Bernardino Mountains. Visit U.S.News on NBCNews.com (By Samantha Tata, NBCLosAngeles.com) for full ar

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U.S. regulators ordered the immediate shutdown of a tour bus operator involved in a deadly tour bus crash on a mountain road in San Bernardino County last weekend.
The Sunday evening crash killed at least eight people, including seven tour bus passengers and a pickup driver who was struck by the bus as it careened out of control on Highway 38 near Yucaipa. Dozens of people were injured in the crash, some of them critically.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said in a statement Friday that the buses operated by Scapadas Magicas LLC pose an imminent hazard to public safety.
A bus operated by the company was transporting passengers to Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday when it smashed into a sedan, flipped, slammed into a pickup and crashed on a road in the San Bernardino Mountains.

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TruthMatters Champion Author New Jersey Posts:2,525 Points:535,710 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2013 8:21:15 PM Ignore TruthMatters Report Abuse Too little too late for those who lost their lives in this latest string of bus crash. Something more than shutting these dangerous bus companies down after the fact ought to be done before more lives are lost!
DesertRat2011 Champion Author Riverside Posts:3,628 Points:487,755 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 11:36:03 PM Ignore DesertRat2011 Report Abuse Too bad is's a little late!
alterman156 Champion Author New York Posts:7,495 Points:1,558,725 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 10:22:17 PM Ignore alterman156 Report Abuse One wonders how safe these tour bus companies are.
BUSMAN1105 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:2,164 Points:1,171,935 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 6:55:42 PM Ignore BUSMAN1105 Report Abuse THANK GOD FOR THE QUICK ACTION BY THE FEDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mike56MI Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,225 Points:309,315 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 5:49:29 PM Ignore mike56MI Report Abuse Good
Pete12 Champion Author Albany Posts:4,878 Points:1,645,955 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 4:21:50 PM Ignore Pete12 Report Abuse It's about time they start cracking down.
tnfran Champion Author Arizona Posts:4,388 Points:844,140 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 4:20:41 PM Ignore tnfran Report Abuse And they want to allow more "trucks from Mexico" run our highways without inspections or needing to follow US regulations??? Wake up directors!!!
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:34,293 Points:2,373,320 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 4:20:33 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse aye carumba, and we have how many mexican big rigs roaming our highways ?
Ply440GTX All-Star Author Texas Posts:955 Points:310,555 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 4:12:28 PM Ignore Ply440GTX Report Abuse "Bus" control...
csblesson Champion Author Texas Posts:1,821 Points:354,850 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 3:44:48 PM Ignore csblesson Report Abuse Jokers
whatif81 All-Star Author San Antonio Posts:674 Points:206,025 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 3:37:31 PM Ignore whatif81 Report Abuse ok
mastermariner Champion Author Texas Posts:4,249 Points:495,675 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 2:32:25 PM Ignore mastermariner Report Abuse A case of shutting the stable door after the horse has escaped.
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,019 Points:1,114,370 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 2:11:22 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse and try to cut any funding to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration....
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,019 Points:1,114,370 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 2:10:20 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse It won't be long before the GOP congress will demand the feds stop interfering with businesses -- like the bus company...
pricewar Champion Author Ogden Posts:1,955 Points:277,165 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 2:09:03 PM Ignore pricewar Report Abuse I say bus control is the answer
YumaFellow Champion Author Arizona Posts:1,298 Points:624,505 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 1:53:45 PM Ignore YumaFellow Report Abuse There are a number of these companies on the roads today, and one wonders how safe they are.
evowner Champion Author Salem Posts:2,192 Points:361,210 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 1:27:54 PM Ignore evowner Report Abuse The bus company is responsible for the safe transportation of its passengers. This transportation happened on US soil, thus the bus company should be held to the standards of US bus company as to the safety of its passengers.