THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS OUT WITH A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE BUS/SEMI CRASH WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE THAT KILLED NINE PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE SEMI’S LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN AIR LOSS…CAUSING IT TO CROSS THE MEDIAN. THE TRUCK THEN CRASHED INTO A GREYHOUND BUS.
NINE PEOPLE ON THE BUS, INCLUDING THE DRIVER, WERE KILLED AND DOZENS OF OTHERS WERE INJURED. THE REPORT SHOWS NEITHER DRIVER TESTED POSITIVE FOR DRUGS OR ALCOHOL. THE CRASH OCCURRED IN AUGUST ON I-40 IN MCKINLEY COUNTY.
