On June 26, 1991, about 1:50 p.m., a Greyhound bus traveling from Cleveland, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., ran off the right side of the roadway and overturned on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Donegal, Pennsylvania. One passenger was fatally injured, the driver and 14 passengers were injured, and 1 passenger was uninjured On August 3, 1991, about 6:45 a.m., a Greyhound bus traveling from New York City to Buffalo, New York, ran off the right side of the roadway, and overturned on State Route 79 near Caroline, New York. The driver and 33 passengers were injured, and 5 passengers were uninjured. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the Donegal and Caroline accidents was the failure of Greyhound Lines, Inc., to ensure that the busdrivers had adequate training and experience to operate intercity buses safely, resulting in their inability to control their vehicles, which ran off the road and overturned.
National Transportation Safety Board Highway Accident Report - Greyhound Bus Run-off-the Road Accidents: Donegal, Pennsylvania, June 26, 1991 and Caroline, New York, August 3, 1991
1992
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Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Accident investigations , Bus accidents , Ran off road accidents , Rollover accidents , Human factors , Training , Driver experience , Recommendations , Injuries , Fatalities , Pennsylvania , New York , Greyhound Lines , Incorporated , Donegal(Pennsylvania) , Caroline(New York) , Pennsylvania Turnpike , State Route 79 , Route directions