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On January 2, 2008, about 4:13 a.m., a
2005 Volvo 47-passenger motorcoach carrying 47 passengers was proceeding
northbound on U.S. Highway 59 (U.S. 59) about 5 miles south of Victoria, Texas,
when the motorcoach driver partially drifted off the right edge of the roadway.
As a result of the driver making a series of oversteers in an attempt to stay
on the roadway, the motorcoach rotated counterclockwise and overturned onto its
right side.
The motorcoach’s right rear struck a guardrail as the motorcoach
slid on its right side approximately 112 feet before coming to rest across the
roadway. Within 5 minutes, and before emergency responders arrived on scene, a
2001 Ford Ranger pickup truck also traveling northbound on U.S. 59 struck the
underside of the motorcoach forward of the rear axle. As a result of the
initial motorcoach rollover, 1 passenger was fatally injured, and 46 passengers
and the driver received injuries ranging from minor to serious. The driver of
the pickup truck sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck struck the undercarriage
of the motorcoach.
The investigation identified the
following safety issues: the lack of federal oversight of passenger motor
carrier leasing agreements and the registration and use of non-Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard-compliant, passenger-carrying vehicles in
commercial motor carrier operations in the United States
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