26 people injured, taken to hospital, after tour bus headed to casino crashes on snowy State Route 220 in Bedford County.
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Sat, 09/27/2014 - 6:42amAccident Date:
Saturday, February 8, 2014Bus crash on snowy Pa. road injures more than 20.
A tour bus going too fast on a snow-covered road crashed in southwestern Pennsylvania Sunday, sending more than 20 passengers to the hospital with minor injuries, officials said
Bus crash on snowy Pa. road injures more than 20.
A tour bus driving too fast on a snow-covered road crashed in southwestern Pennsylvania Sunday, sending more than 20 passengers to the hospital with minor injuries, officials said.
A tour bus driving too fast on a snow-covered road crashed in southwestern Pennsylvania Sunday, sending more than 20 passengers to the hospital with minor injuries, officials said.
State police said that bus driver Terrence Harold Shultz, 65, lost control and crashed into an embankment around 2:20 p.m. on Route 220 in Cumberland Valley Township, about five miles from the Maryland border. Twenty-six of the 33 passengers on the bus were taken to two hospitals in the area and all but three with minor injuries were treated and released, hospital officials said.
The bus, owned by Freedom Excursions in Altoona, was headed to the Rocky Gap Casino Resort in western Maryland.
Western Maryland Health Systems spokeswoman Kathy Rogers said 15 patients were brought there and all but three with minor injuries were expected to be treated and released.
A UPMC Bedford spokeswoman said 10 patients were treated and released from the hospital and one person declined treatment. A man who was originally said to have serious injuries was among those treated and released, the hospital said.
Twenty-five EMS units from four counties responded to the crash site, according to the director of emergency services for Bedford County.
Type: Bus Accident
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Weather ConditionsPeople Involved:
Terrence Harold Shultz
Roadway:
State Route 220County:
Bedford County, PAArea:
Johnstown-Altoona, PA
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