The company that operated a
commercial tour bus involved in a deadly
commercial tour bus involved in a deadly
crash this week has been issued a
cease-and-desist
order after the U.S. Department of
Transportation said it tried to resume
different name.
operations under a
Four people were killed and 53 others
injured Tuesday when the Sky Express
bus ran off Interstate 95 near
Fredericksburg, Virginia, and
overturned.
Investigators have blamed the wreck
on driver fatigue.
The 37-year-old driver of the bus, Kin
Yiu Cheung of Flushing, New York,
has been charged with four counts of
involuntary manslaughter and
reckless driving.
The Charlotte, North Carolina-based
Sky Express Inc. had been placed out
of service Tuesday by the
transportation department's Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration
for multiple federal safety violations,
which prohibited it from operating
interstate transportation services.
The department issued the cease-and-
desist order Friday after it said it found
the company trying to operate and sell
tickets under two new names: 108
Tours and 108 Bus.
"We are relentlessly targeting unsafe
and illegal bus companies,"
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
said in a statement. "This action
sends a strong message that the U.S.
Department of Transportation will
utilize every legal and enforcement
tool available to shut down unsafe
bus companies and protect
passengers and motorists."
The transportation department also
subpoenaed Friday the records of
three websites that have sold tickets
for the company as the DOT seeks to
crack down on "unsafe, reincarnated
bus companies."
A call to Sky Express was not
immediately returned Saturday, and
its website had been taken offline.
affiliate in Charlotte, , tried to contact
the business Friday, but its building
was closed.
The vice chairman of the Connecticut General Assembly’s Transportation Committee says he will ask for a comprehensive review of the state’s safety regulations for buses following a deadly crash in New York City that killed 15 people and injured others returning home from a visit to the Mohegan Sun Casino.
Police say a 70-year-old man died from his injuries at about 7:30 a.m. Monday. His name and the names of 14 other victims haven't been released. Several injured passengers remained hospitalized Monday, most in critical condition.
"We see these buses going up and down our roads all the time. Where we can improve safety we need to do so and we need to work with our regional counterparts to affect change as well as lobby for change at the federal level," said State Sen. Robert Duff, D-Norwalk.
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