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Archive for October, 2008

California bus driver arrested

Monday, October 13th, 2008

According to the California Highway Patrol, the driver of a casino-bound charter bus has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs.

The bus crashed and killed eight people.

California authorities are investigating whether prescription or nonprescription drugs were involved in the crash. The bus drifted off a two-lane road before the driver overcorrected and swerved back onto the road before tumbling into a ditch, ejecting some passengers. Other passengers on the bus were rolled and crushed. The bus also had invalid license plates.

“The roof collapsed down, the windows were broken out, and the bus was not only rolled over onto its side, it rolled completely over. It was facing the opposite direction,” said patrol spokesman Patrick Landreth.

This has been at least the eighth accident in the last three years that has involved buses carrying people to and from casinos that have caused death to the passengers. While the bus had “Greyhound” marked on its side, a Greyhound official said their company sold the bus more than two years ago.

Massive General Motors recall

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

A previous investigation concerning fires in General Motors vehicles has been announced as a full recall of 857,735 vehicles due to a problem in the windshield wiper system.

A potential short-circuiting in the system may cause problems with other electrical features of the vehicles, creating unpleasant odors or even smoke, and increasing the fire risk.

The car recall involves 2007-2008 model years of the following vehicles:
• Chevrolet Silverado
• Chevrolet Tahoe
• Chevrolet Avalanche
• Chevrolet Suburban
• Cadillac Escalade
• Cadillac Escalade ESV
• Cadillac Escalade EXT
• GMC Acadia
• GMC Sierra
• GMC Yukon
• GMC Yukon XL
• Saturn Outlook

The recall also involves the 2006-2008 Hummer h2, Cadillac DTS, and Buick Lucerne and the 2008 Buick Enclave.

GM will fix the electrical problem in all affected vehicles at no charge.