Horriffic bus accident on interstate, just east of Buffalo..

[ironglowz]

  Earlier today, a tour bus that came from NY City to tour the falls, was returning back by way of the New York  Thruway, when it crossed from one side to the other, rolled and tossed it's way to the opposite shoulder..

  Apparently many had unlocked their seat belts..and some were ejected.  So far, it seems 5 dead, many injuries.

  I have been to the falls with my son for photo assignments and know these tours are very common..

  I do wonder if the operator was one like the truck driver in Florida..who tried a U-turn on the interstate.  Time will tell, I guess.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHTa8zEaf-M&list=RDNSvHTa8zEaf-M&start_radio=1

[Bob Riebe]

   
     HOW does one get ejected from a bus?

[ironglowz]

   
     HOW does one get ejected from a bus?

  Well, the news report said the bus was travelling at high speed and rolled a couple times, I suppose just as one gets ejected from a rolling cars..windows right there
   and centrifugal force throws them out..

   Just like this...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuZqDPRx6aA&rco=1

[Dee]

   
     HOW does one get ejected from a bus?

Let's look at this question. Bus traveling at highway speeds rolls over. Passengers looking out WINDOWS . Windows break out.  . Passengers are ejected out the openings where windows once were.
I'll bet that is how it happened. Of course I'm just guessing.   

[Bob Riebe]

   
     HOW does one get ejected from a bus?

  Well, the news report said the bus was travelling at high speed and rolled a couple times, I suppose just as one gets ejected from a rolling cars..windows right there
   and centrifugal force throws them out..

   Just like this...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuZqDPRx6aA&rco=1

The report I read, just now, says it flipped on its side, it did not roll over.  The pictures show it did not roll.
Had it actually rolled over there would be a lot more dead and seriously injured.
I am guessing the windows broke, and they were partially pinned under the one side, as another report said they were pinned under the bus.

[ironglowz]

   
     HOW does one get ejected from a bus?

  Well, the news report said the bus was travelling at high speed and rolled a couple times, I suppose just as one gets ejected from a rolling cars..windows right there
   and centrifugal force throws them out..

   Just like this...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuZqDPRx6aA&rco=1

The report I read, just now, says it flipped on its side, it did not roll over.  The pictures show it did not roll.
Had it actually rolled over there would be a lot more dead and seriously injured.
I am guessing the windows broke, and they were partially pinned under the one side, as another report said they were pinned under the bus.

   Why are we quibbling about this?  The bus ended up on it's side, and not on it's wheels...seems like it would have had to rolled.  ...Plus, some victims were found on the ground..outside of the bus !

     Part of Trooper O'Callaghan's statement;

    “The driver is alive and well,” O’Callaghan said. “We’re working with him. We believe we have a good idea of what happened, why the bus lost control."

The crash involved a tractor-trailer and O’Callaghan said “the bus did roll” but did not reveal the exact reason why.


   News report;

    https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york/crash-tour-bus-new-york-thruway-dead-hurt/6374015/

 

[JoeG52]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rescue-operation-underway-tour-bus-174337240.html

State police said Saturday the bus had overturned and rolled of the I-90 on the south embankment. Multiple people were ejected or thrown around the bus when it overturned, according to New York State Police Troop T Commander Maj. Andre Ray.

[ironglowz]

From Bob (reply 40;

   " I am guessing the windows broke, and they were partially pinned under the one side, as another report said they were pinned under the bus."

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   It appears to be a simple question of physics...but it seems to me that if somebody is pinned under the bus..

  1) The bus must have rolled..to end up on top of the passenger.   

  and..

   2) The passenger must have been ejected to have ended up under the bus...