The BUS PLUNGE thread.

[GranpaP]

The bus plunge story was a tragic type of space filler from a time when the typesetting of a daily wasn't so simple. They all but disappeared when digital methods made typesetting more exacting and predictable.

They're real stories -- buses plummeting off cliffs are surprisingly common, even today.

http://themasticator.blogspot.ca/2006/1 ... genre.html

Bus plunge stories are a nickname for a journalistic practice of reporting bus mishaps in short articles that describe the vehicle as "plunging" from a bridge or hillside road.






http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012 ... ident.html

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews ... into-gorge

http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNe ... sID=339826

[cc]

Would "diving" be a more acceptable word?

[Reel]

Spoofy.

[GranpaP]

Would "diving" be a more acceptable word?

"Plunge" is the word journalist use and it sounds funny enough for the purpose of this topic.

I saw compilation of these bus plunges years ago in a National Lampoon magazine.

I intend to keep track... a scorecard if you will (as in the Ramadan thread) of how many praying pilgrims die from going back and forth to mosques, churches, etc.

[GranpaP]

http://www.bengalnewz.com/bangladesh/dh ... 27755.html

[Blurt]

[Blurt]

Ooops.

Sorry, Bro.

I misread; I thought this was the bust plunge thread.

Now I'm going to bed.

[Azhya Aryola]

Hm, thought-provoking.

[Azhya Aryola]

How uncanny. Looks like the bra I'm about to wear. I like strapless ones.

[mimi]

Bus plunge stories are a nickname for a journalistic practice of reporting bus mishaps in short articles that describe the vehicle as "plunging" from a bridge or hillside road.

Are you saying, this thread will include short bus mishaps as well ? =))))

[GranpaP]

Bus plunge stories are a nickname for a journalistic practice of reporting bus mishaps in short articles that describe the vehicle as "plunging" from a bridge or hillside road.

Are you saying, this thread will include short bus mishaps as well ? =))))

Double-deckers, accordeons... what have you.

[GranpaP]

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?Categor ... eId=479942

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... l?ITO=1490

[GranpaP]

http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/242663.htm

Guizhou bus plunge kills 24

The death toll from a bus crash in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Tuesday has risen to 24 after rescuers recovered two more bodies. A seriously-injured passenger also died in hospital, local police said on Thursday.

The bus carrying 37 people veered off a provincial highway in Renhuai City and plunged 58 meters into the Chishui River at around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Renhuai City Public Security Bureau.

Bus driver Xiao Qianzhong and two children were among the dead. The investigation revealed the bus, approved to carry 35 people, had 37 aboard when the crash happened.

The 13 injured, including three listed in serious condition, are being treated in local hospitals.

The bureau said no one was missing in the accident. The search and rescue operation ended on Wednesday.

Survivor Hu Jun, who is being treated in Renhua City People's Hospital, said most of the bus was submerged in water less than 30 seconds after the crash.

Hu, who was not seriously injured, said he kept calm and managed to rescue three others and his wife.

Survivors recalled the bus was traveling very fast before the plunge.

The Guizhou provincial government has urged local governments to strengthen transport safety monitoring and speed up efforts to fortify dangerous road sections

[Maxamillion]

I shake me cawk on the bus and the womenz go wild!

[GranpaP]

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/l ... ?nid=41192

The Daily StarYour Right To Know
Thursday, September 27, 2012

17 die in India bus plunge
AP, New DelhiPolice say 17 people died when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a river in western India.

The bus was crossing the Purna river in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra state Wednesday morning when the accident took place. The area is 650 kilometers (400 miles) north of state capital Mumbai.
Head Constable Surendra Mahaske says at least 10 passengers were injured. The cause was not immediately clear because the driver was among those killed.
Mahaske says the bus had at least 40 passengers and villagers helped the survivors out of the river.
India has the world's highest road death toll. More than 110,000 people die in road accidents there each year.

[GranpaP]

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews ... into-gorge

[runs with scissors]

[GranpaP]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/brazil-bus- ... 29006.html

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?Article ... ryId=14095

LIMA – At least 25 people died and another six were injured early Saturday after their bus plunged into a 200-meter (650-foot) ravine in a rural area of northern Peru, officials said.

The accident occurred around 4:10 a.m. in the La Libertad region, the official news agency Andina said, citing a police report.

The bus was en route from the Andean city of Huamachuco to the coastal city of Trujillo when it went off the road and fell down the gorge to the Moche River.

The injured were taken to different hospitals of the region, while authorities are investigating the causes of the accident.

RPP radio said that most of the passengers were teachers who were traveling from the cities of Huamachuco and Cajabamba to Trujillo, capital of La Libertad.

The broadcast added that while the survivors were being rescued, a police officer was injured by a stone that fell down the cliff and hit him, with the result that he too had to go to hospital for treatment.

[SMP]

I remember going through the Spences Bridge area as a youth and watching them film part of the Sweet Hereafter. An Atom Egoyan film based on a real school bus plunge. They were filming beside the road.

[GranpaP]

The death toll in a an accident in which a bus skidded off the road and plunged into the Beas river rose to 38, officials said on Thursday.

Seven people were still critical, they said. Police officials said negligent driving was the cause of the accident Wednesday, as the driver, who jumped off the bus just before the bus plunged into the river, was talking on his cellphone.

The 42-seater private bus carrying over 70 passengers was going to Ani town from Kullu when it fell into the river near Jhari, some 20 km from here.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp ... 701042.ece

LIMA – At least 25 people died and another six were injured early Saturday after their bus plunged into a 200-meter (650-foot) ravine in a rural area of northern Peru, officials said.

The accident occurred around 4:10 a.m. in the La Libertad region, the official news agency Andina said, citing a police report
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?Article ... ryId=14095

[GranpaP]

The bus, hired by the transport department, was ferrying pupils to Nogemane Senior Secondary School in Ntibane village when it left the road and plunged down an embankment in Lwandile village.

http://www.dispatch.co.za/bus-plunge-kills-5-pupils/

[GranpaP]

Bus Plunges Off Cliff in Peru, Killing 51

LIMA, Peru — A makeshift bus carrying 51 Quechua Indians back from a party in southeastern Peru plunged off a cliff into a river, killing everyone on board, including 14 children, rescue workers said Saturday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/world ... .html?_r=0



At least 10 people were killed on Monday when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) region.
The bus travelling from the garrison city of Rawalpindi to the frontier town of Forward Kahuta, fell down the 150 metre (500 foot) slope early in the morning.

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news- ... zaffarabad

[Lochdubh]

Sometimes it's safer to walk.

[GranpaP]

21 killed in Manila bus plunge.

Police in Philippines say at least 21 people were killed and about 20 others were injured when a passenger bus plunged from an elevated highway and fell onto a van in suburban Manila.
Police said the bus veered off the highway and crashed onto a van passing below in suburban Paranaque city at dawn Monday.

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_ ... d=4&d_str=

[runs with scissors]

Charter bus drivers earn fuck all. I earn more money hauling around dirt. Shouldn't be this way, but somehow it is...

[GranpaP]

[Gunta]

I thought this thread would be about lowering ones self esteem and income enough to take the bus.

[GranpaP]

[GranpaP]

Rio De Janeiro, Dec 23 (IANS) At least 14 passengers were killed and 12 injured, including a baby, early Sunday when their bus fell into a ravine in Sao Lourenco da Serra municipality, police said.

The bus with 54 passengers on board was en route from Curitiba, in the southern state of Parana, to Rio de Janeiro. It fell into the ravine at some 50 km from Sao Paulo, the largest city in Brazil and South America at 2.30 a.m. Sunday.



http://www.canindia.com/2013/12/14-kill ... s-plunge/#

[GranpaP]

02 JANUARY 2014
At least 27 people have died after a bus collided with a truck and plunged into a 400ft deep gorge in western India.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/ ... 970Eu.html