A casino tour bus accident near Williams, CA on October 5, 2008 has killed 10 and injured 35, according to an LA Times report. The bus was headed to the Colusa Casino Resort in Northern California when the driver lost control. CHP Sgt. Patrick Landreth said the accident was reported at 6:18 p.m. about six miles east of Interstate 5. The casino tour bus was traveling north on Lone Star Road in Colusa County when it spun out, rolled completely over and ended up on its wheels in a ditch.
According to a second published report in the San Jose Mercury News, the driver of the tour bus, Quienten Joey Watts, 52, of Stockton is in critical condition in Woodland Memorial Hospital. He is expected to be arrested for suspected DUI, the CHP said on Monday. In addition, Officer Robert B. Kays stated that the bus had Texas license plates and an invalid registration.
Unfortunately, charter bus accidents in rural areas are not an uncommon occurrence. In the last 5 years, at least five other tour bus accidents have occurred in the California desert, injuring approximately 170 people. The bus accident attorneys at Panish, Shea and Boyle have had extensive experience litigating cases like the one that occurred on Sunday.
In a similar instance 5 months ago, the Los Angeles tour bus accident attorneys at the law firm of Panish, Shea and Boyle filed the first suit in the cases stemming from the tragic Royal American bus crash which occurred on May 17, 2008 when a charter bus traveling on a Mojave Desert freeway flipped on its side, killing a woman and injuring 22 other people.
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