[h=1]Authorities find no sign of braking by bus driver in crash--no skid marks were found.[/h]
Investigators were trying to determine if the driver of a bus that crash and killed more than a dozen and injured dozens more near Palm Springs was in the casino with passengers beforehand
The California Highway Patrol identified Vides as the owner and driver of the USA Holiday bus.
many bodies were later found in the front portion of the bus that ended up inside the trailer.
Those who could move were pushing and shoving in the pre-dawn darkness to climb out from under each other.She clambered to a broken window to yell for help, panicked she would be trapped if the bus caught fire. Motorists who stopped to help pulled her out the broken window.
I sat on the side of the road, watching them pull so many people out. I saw so much blood and two dead bodies. I was so scared."
valid commercial license and a clean record in recent years. (kinda hit me as odd phrasing)
arrived at the casino between 11 and 11:30 p.m. on Saturday and the bus left at 4 a.m.
deadliest wrecks in California history.The truck was creeping along at 5 mph because of utility work that had gone on throughout the night along Interstate 10 near Palm Springs. That's when the bus, moving as fast as 65 mph, slammed into it, authorities said.
Vides, USA Holiday and bus driver Paulino Camacho Ceballos were sued--- crash with a car on the westbound 60 Freeway in Riverside on June 27, 2003, according to court documents.
Vides was named in lawsuits stemming from three freeway collisions, though he was not the driver in any of the cases, according to court records.
Court records indicated the lawsuit was settled,
Four passengers remained hospitalized in critical condition
http://www.dailyastorian.com/authorities-find-no-sign-of-braking-by-bus-driver-in--crash-da-ap-webfeeds-news-nation-world22ea95cb0d474b269801764d2a872731
http://abc7.com/news/bus-driver-may-have-been-in-casino-before-fatal-crash-chp-says/1570666/