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SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTS 2004Cause Sought
for Fatal Arkansas Tour Bus Crash
One of those injured, Theophilus Cannon, was unable to speak to his sister, Octavia Eddings. But he wrote on a notepad, telling her "I feel better." His fiancee, Shirley Fox, told Eddings she recalled feeling "a big bump" on the bus and saw Edding's brother go flying past her, tumbling. "She saw another guy go to the left. She said it was an instant. There was no warning. Nothing," Eddings said. Meanwhile, state police and investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board met Sunday behind closed doors to compare findings about the crash. A news conference was scheduled for midday. The bus belonged to a mom-and-pop tour operator based in Chicago. The group left Chicago on Friday evening and had planned to spend the weekend at the casino. Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler originally said 15 people were killed, then put the number at 14. It was not clear Sunday if state police were including in their count a person who was injured and later died at a hospital. Among the dead was the bus driver, Herbert Walters, and tour organizer Mareen Walters. Herbert was the brother of bus owner, Roosevelt Walters. Mareen was Roosevelt's wife. © 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Note ejections leading to fatalities that could have been prevented with seat belts. Note also the man standing along side the bus. If he is of average height, seated, seat belt using passengers would have had sufficient head room. Tour Bus Crash in Arkansas Kills at Least 15
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Relatives of more than a dozen travelers who were
hurt when their tour bus drifted off a highway kept vigil Sunday at
hospitals while investigators sought a cause for the crash that killed 15
people.
