Van carrying youth group crashes in Cascades; several people treated for minor injuries

BLEWETT PASS, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol says a van carrying 12 members of a youth group and a driver has crashed on Blewett Pass in the Cascade Range, injuring several people.

Bus carrying 12 teens, driver crashes in Cascades; several have non-life-threatening injuries

BLEWETT PASS, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol says a bus carrying 12 teenage passengers and a driver has crashed in the Cascade Range, injuring several people.

Transportation secretary orders bus safety review in response to Utah crash that killed 9

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Thursday ordered a review of bus safety in response to a Utah crash in January 2008 that killed nine people and injured 43 others returning from a weekend ski trip.

Safety board cites driver fatigue, says federal agency was factor in bus crash severity

WASHINGTON — Maurice and Teresa Washington were relaxing in the back row of a charter bus the night of Jan. 6, 2008, watching a movie on the way home from a weekend ski trip, when their lives were shattered.

Safety board says federal agency supposed to protect public was factor in bus crash severity

WASHINGTON — A federal safety board on Tuesday cited driver fatigue as the cause of an Utah bus crashed that killed nine and injured 43 others, but blamed inaction by another safety agency for the severity of the accident.

Federal safety investigators cite high speed, driver fatigue in Utah bus crash that killed 9

WASHINGTON — Safety investigators said Tuesday that a bus was traveling 88 to 92 miles per hour when it crashed last year in Utah, killing nine and injuring 43 others. Driver fatigue was likely the root cause of the crash, they said.