Megabus carrying 40 catches fire on Route 41 in Lake Forest, Illinois
Modified Date:
Sun, 02/21/2016 - 7:00pmAccident Date:
Sunday, February 21, 2016Megabus Catches Fire Outside of Chicago; No Injuries
Passenger Russicha Watkins told the Chicago Sun-Times ( http://bit.ly/1PQqTjt ) there was a boom and black smoke. Watkins praised the driver, saying he got everybody off the bus before there was another explosion.
Megabus catches fire in Lake Forest; no one hurt
“All my luggage is gone,” one of the passengers, Russicha Watkins, told reporters at the scene.
“When I heard the first boom I was in the bathroom. I came out to a lot of smoke and I couldn’t hardly get off the bus because it was full of black smoke. As I got off to catch my breath and started walking down the highway, the bus blew up again and fire came from everywhere,” Watkins said.
“The bus driver absolutely did a great job because he told us to get off the bus. As everybody was getting off the bus, by the time everybody got off the bus, it blew up some more and he was trying to risk his own life by throwing all our luggage off but couldn’t because the smoke was too dangerous.”
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Type: Bus Accident
Topics:
FirePeople Involved:
Russicha Watkins
Terry Griffin
Roadway:
Route 41City:
Lake Forest, ILCounty:
Lake County, ILArea:
Chicago, IL
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