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"On September 23, 2005, a 1998 Motor Coach Industries, Inc. (MCI), 54-passenger motorcoach ... was traveling northbound on Interstate 45 (I-45) near Wilmer, Texas. The motorcoach, en route from Bellaire to Dallas, Texas, as part of the evacuation in anticipation of Hurricane Rita, was carrying 44 assisted living facility residents and nursing staff. ... [On September 23] a motorist noticed that the right-rear tire hub was glowing red and alerted the motorcoach driver, who stopped in the left traffic lane and then proceeded to the right shoulder of I-45 near milepost 269.5. The driver and nursing staff exited the motorcoach and observed flames emanating from the right-rear wheel well. As they initiated an evacuation of the motorcoach, with assistance form passerby, heavy smoke and fire quickly engulfed the entire vehicle. Twenty-three passengers were fatally injured. Of the 21 passengers who escaped, 2 were seriously injured and 19 received minor injuries; the motorcoach driver also received minor injuries. reporting and inconsistent data within Federal accident databases, the ineffective compliance review program of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), emergency
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- Author
- United States. National Transportation Safety Board.
- Publisher
- National Transportation Safety Board; Available through the National Technical Information Service, 2007]
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
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