A commercial tour bus traveling to New York City went off Interstate 95 in Virginia and flipped on its roof before dawn Tuesday, killing four people and injuring many more.

Sgt. Thomas Molnar says 58 people were on board, including the driver. The injured were taken to 11different hospitals in the Richmond and Fredericksburg-area. Duffel bags, luggage and broken glass still littered the highway hours after the crash.

Molnar told reporters during a briefing that the Sky Express Inc. bus was in route from Greensboro, N.C., to Chinatown in New York City when it deviated from the interstate, hit an embankment and flipped; The bus has since been righted but remains at the scene.

The bus left Greensboro at 10:30 p.m. Monday night. It had seatbelts for the driver but not for the passengers. State police believe the likely cause was driver fatigue but are still investigating. Molnar said the driver, who hasn’t been identified, suffered minor injuries and is cooperating with the investigation. The driver has not been charged in the case.

Federal authorities say nearly 2,800 spot safety checks of passenger buses across the country from March 28 through April 6 resulted in about 10 percent of the vehicles or drivers being taken off the road.

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center has 10 people in stable condition. VCU spokeswoman Anne Buckley says the hospital expects more patients to be transferred there from other hospitals. Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg treated eight patients, whose injuries ranged from critical to minor. Spokeswoman Deborah Morris says one has been released. Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center officials said in a release that it treated eight people for minor injuries.

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A would-be groom and several relatives going to a wedding were among the 28 people killed when a wooden bridge collapsed and sent a bus crashing into a lake in India’s remote northeast.

The bus fell 15 feet into the water and then sank with the wedding party trapped inside late Monday near the village of Hajo, about 25 miles west of the Assam state capital of Gauhati. Villagers were first to arrive and rescued 10 people, who were then sent to the hospital; 28 bodies were also retrieved. The dead included the groom, his father, two sisters, aunt and uncle, and his best man. The bride was not aboard the bus.

According to the World Health Organization, India has the highest annual road death toll in the world. More than 110,000 people die annually nationwide in road accidents, according to police figures. Bad roads, speeding and poor vehicle maintenance cause the majority of accidents.

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On August 9th, 2010 a Japanese family was traveling in a tour van in Utah. They were on their way to see Bryce Canyon National Park as a part of their vacation. The inexperienced driver of the van was using energy drinks and caffeine gum to try and mask his fatigue. The driver eventually fell asleep causing a crash.

The family of Hiroki Hayase, 20, who was killed in the accident have filed a wrongful death suit against the driver as well as Canyon Transportation Inc. and Western Leisure Inc. for hiring a driver with less than two months of experience and for not having commercial requisite liability insurance.

Along with Hiroki two others were killed in the bus crash and 11 others were hurt including the family of Hiroki.

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A bus belonging to World Wide Travel crashed along Interstate 95 in The Bronx, New York. The crash took place early in the morning on March 12th. The driver of the vehicle lost control and struck two sign poles one after the other. The accident killed 14 instantly and forced the closing of I-95 in both directions for much of the day.

The bus was traveling from a casino in Connecticut to Chinatown in New York. This is not the first incident with this company however. The company had been involved in at least two accidents in the last two years as well as being cited five times for fatigued driving from December 2009 to October 2010.

On top of the deaths there were also serious injuries to some of the survivors. The injuries included things like internal bleeding, broken bones and skull and spinal fractures.

The driver of the vehicle claims that the cause of the accident was a tractor trailer cutting him off, however witnesses claim they did not see that. The accident is still under investigation.

The bus company had a responsibility to keep their passengers safe. Their failure to do so was very costly. If you have lost a loved one in a similar manner, you need help.

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