Mar 05, 2010

Feds say bus in deadly Ariz. crash was operating illegally

06:52 PM
David Kadlubowski,
The Arizona Republic/AP

Federal officials say the U.S.-Mexican bus company involved in fatal pre-dawn crash on Interstate 10 in Arizona was operating illegally across state lines and was uninsured.

Six passengers died and 16 were injured about 5:30 a.m. PT when a Los Angeles-bound bus owned by Tierra Santa Tours Inc. rear-ended a pickup truck, swerved into the median and then crossed back across the westbound lanes before rolling, the Arizona Republic reports. The bus originated in Zacatecas, Mexico, and had stopped in El Paso, Texas, before crashing south of Phoenix.

The company is based in Los Angeles and Durango, Mexico. In December the Department of Transportation rejected the company's application to operate in the United States. The company's $5 million insurance policies were canceled in July and November, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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