On June 26, 1991, about 1:50 p.m., a Greyhound bus traveling from Cleveland, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., ran off the right side of the roadway and overturned on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Donegal, Pennsylvania. One passenger was fatally injured, the driver and 14 passengers were injured, and 1 passenger was uninjured. On August 3, 1991, about 6:45 a.m., a Greyhound bus traveling from New York City to Buffalo, New York, ran off the right side of the roadway, and overturned on State Route 79 near Caroline, New York. The driver and 33 passengers were injured, and 5 passengers were uninjured. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the Donegal and Caroline accidents was the failure of Greyhound Lines, Inc., to ensure that the busdrivers had adequate training and experience to operate intercity buses safely, resulting in their inability to control their vehicles, which ran off the road and overturned. The safety issues addressed in this report include: Greyhound's monitoring and evaluation of new driver progress during the training andlicensing processes. The adequacy of behind-the-wheel training for new, inexperienced Greyhound busdrivers. The adequacy of Greyhound busdriver route directions. As a result of its investigation, the Safety Board issued safety recommendations to Greyhound Lines, Inc., and the U.S. Department of Labor. (Author/publisher)
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