http://news.backchina.com/2011/6/1/big5_143759.html http://upload.backchina.com/pictures/05/E544_05312011_3.jpg 图为一辆从北卡Greensboro开往纽约市曼哈坦华埠的长途巴士，今早在维州 瑞奇蒙郡北部30哩外的I-95州际公路上翻车，造成四人死亡。美联社 　　华盛顿5月31日电(记者 德永健)一辆由华人业者经营的长途巴士31日在 弗吉尼亚州境内发生翻车事故，车祸已造成4人死亡，54人受伤。 　　据弗吉尼亚州警方通报，事故发生在该州中部加罗林县的95号州际公路 上。当地时间31日清晨5点左右，他们接到报警赶到现场，发现大巴车顶朝下 ，车底朝上，完全“翻倒”在公路上。 http://upload.backchina.com/pictures/05/alg_bus-accident.jpg 根据统计，车祸现造成4名女性乘客死亡，其余54人受伤，司机因系安全带只 受了轻伤。目前伤员均在临近车祸现场的医疗机构救治，但有乘客伤势严重 ，面临生命危险。 　　经警方核实，出事大巴隶属设在北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市的“Sky Express”公司(中文名“天天巴士”)。按照营运路线，大巴30日晚10点半从 北卡来罗纳州的格林斯伯勒出发，目的地是纽约。 　　警方表示，他们仍在调查事故原因，但初步怀疑是因司机疲劳驾驶所致 。根据美国交管部门早前的记录，该公司在过去两年曾发生数起车祸，计有 46次“司机疲劳驾驶”的违章记录。 　　31日的车祸是两个多月来华人长途巴士发生的第二起严重车祸。今年3月 12日，一辆从康涅狄格州赌场开往纽约唐人街的大巴在高速路上发生侧翻事 故，最终造成15人死亡多人重伤，死者当中至少有10名华裔。 Four passengers heading to Chinatown were killed and dozens of others were injured Tuesday when their New York City-bound bus roared off the highway in Virginia and flipped over on its roof. The accident paralyzed northbound traffic on Interstate 95 for hours as rescue crews raced to the scene and removed moaning riders from the mangled motor coach. The Sky Express Bus, which left Greensboro, N.C. at 10:30 p.m. Monday, was carrying 59 passengers when it strayed off a highway and hit an embankment around 5 a.m. The crash was about 30 miles north of Richmond, Va. The only person who wasn't hurt was the driver - and he may have fallen asleep at the wheel, said Sgt. Thomas Molnar of the Virginia State Police. "The bus ran off of the right side of the road and overturned -- coming to rest upside down on its roof," , added Corinne Geller, a spokeswoman for the State Police. The driver was not identified and was cooperating with investigators. Meanwhile, the injured passengers - some of them in critical condition - were taken to Richmond and Fredericksburg-area hospitals. Sky Express has an abysmal safety record, with four previous crashes - including one that resulted in a fatality, according to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration records. The Charlotte, N.C.-based bus company has been the subject of four compliance investigations since 2008, the records show. Sky Express was cited for 46 violations related to fatigued driving, including three that were classified as serious, in the past two years. Their drivers have also been cited for 17 unsafe-driving violations, including eight speeding violations since 2009. Of all the motor coach companies recently surveyed by the feds, Sky Express had the worst score (99.7%) in the "driver fitness" category and earned lousy scores for fatigued drivers (86.2%) and overall unsafe driving (62.9%). Sky Express's New York-based attorney, Ruth Yang, referred reporters to a company spokeswoman who did not return emails for comment. The company has 31 buses and employs 53 drivers, records show. There has been more attention on bus safety following a March 12 accident in the Bronx when a motor coach returning from the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut toppled off an elevated highway and hit a utility pole, peeling off the roof and killing 15 people. Following that tragedy, the feds did nearly 2,800 spot safety checks of passenger buses across the country from March 28 through April 6 - and yanked about 10% of the vehicles or drivers off the road. With News Wire Services @nydailynews.com --

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