Bus Accident Scene, the Aftermath

Still a little shaken by the charter bus collision yesterday that almost sent one (if not both) buses full of Job Corps kids plummeting 30 feet onto I-5, we walked back down to the scene, East Thomas Street and Melrose, this morning. The buses had been towed away last night. The west end of East Thomas was vigorously sanded to give the trucks traction, and a temporary guardrail installed. Thank god for the days of plentiful rebar.

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they should add pillows to that cold, hard, jagged steel.

From the seattle times - talking to the busline spokesperson:

"Obviously, if chains were required or there were conditions that need them, they put them on," Achabal said. "At the time, we were not aware of chain-up requirements being enforced."

As if being aware of requirements being enforced was the key point. What ever happened to the second clause - "[the existance of] conditions that need them"?

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