http://news.backchina.com/2011/6/1/big5_143759.html http://upload.backchina.com/pictures/05/E544_05312011_3.jpg 圖為一輛從北卡Greensboro開往紐約市曼哈坦華埠的長途巴士，今早在維州 瑞奇蒙郡北部30哩外的I-95州際公路上翻車，造成四人死亡。美聯社 　　華盛頓5月31日電(記者 德永健)一輛由華人業者經營的長途巴士31日在 弗吉尼亞州境內發生翻車事故，車禍已造成4人死亡，54人受傷。 　　據弗吉尼亞州警方通報，事故發生在該州中部加羅林縣的95號州際公路 上。當地時間31日清晨5點左右，他們接到報警趕到現場，發現大巴車頂朝下 ，車底朝上，完全“翻倒”在公路上。 http://upload.backchina.com/pictures/05/alg_bus-accident.jpg 根據統計，車禍現造成4名女性乘客死亡，其余54人受傷，司機因系安全帶只 受了輕傷。目前傷員均在臨近車禍現場的醫療機構救治，但有乘客傷勢嚴重 ，面臨生命危險。 　　經警方核實，出事大巴隸屬設在北卡羅來納州夏洛特市的“Sky Express”公司(中文名“天天巴士”)。按照營運路線，大巴30日晚10點半從 北卡來羅納州的格林斯伯勒出發，目的地是紐約。 　　警方表示，他們仍在調查事故原因，但初步懷疑是因司機疲勞駕駛所致 。根據美國交管部門早前的記錄，該公司在過去兩年曾發生數起車禍，計有 46次“司機疲勞駕駛”的違章記錄。 　　31日的車禍是兩個多月來華人長途巴士發生的第二起嚴重車禍。今年3月 12日，一輛從康涅狄格州賭場開往紐約唐人街的大巴在高速路上發生側翻事 故，最終造成15人死亡多人重傷，死者當中至少有10名華裔。 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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