Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

The April crash was caused when the driver, Loyd Rieve, failed to stay in his lane, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety report, which also disputed earlier accounts that the bus flipped over because of a blown tire or some other mechanical malfunction.

A construction worker on the Second Avenue project who was stuck in mud up to his waist in a 75-foot-deep tunnel was freed in a four-hour rescue that involved more than 100 emergency workers. The worker, who was conscious, was taken to a hospital.

The victims are in stable condition, and the driver of the bus is not expected to be charged.

Hometown of Hangzhou in eastern China has praised him as a hero and a role model.

Canada's TSB said there are no safety defenses to prevent trains from changing tracks at a high rate of speed and that the country is falling behind others around the world, including the U.S., in stepping up safety.

The 22-year-old man was being charged with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and failing to yield to a pedestrian in the March 22 accident in Westminster, Mass.

The coach was headed for a local casino. Preliminary indications were that adverse weather could have been a factor

The same law firm led a class-action lawsuit against Via Rail and CN after a derailment in 1999 that killed two crew members and sent 77 passengers and crew to the hospital.

Would have faced up to four years in state prison on each of four counts of criminally negligent homicide.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada sent a team of investigators to the site of the incident. The cause of the derailment is not yet known.