Update on Sherman Bus Crash
There has been a lot of publicity about the devastating Sherman, Texas bus crash that happened Friday, August 8, killing 17 people and injuring dozens of others. The Vietnamese Catholic group was headed to Carthage, Missouri to attend an annual religious festival, and sadly, their lives changed forever on the tragic journey.
As mentioned in a previous entry, the bus was operating illegally, and was owned by Iguala BusMex Inc., a Houston company that also operates as Angel Tours, Inc. Immediately following the crash, federal officials ceased operations of both firms owned by Angel De La Torre of Houston. Now due to further investigation by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Liberty Charters and Tours of San Antonio was also banned from operation, as it uses buses considered unsafe that are owned and maintained by Angel Tours, Angel De La Torre and/or Iguala BusMex. According to the order, "Angel De La Torre places its drivers and the motoring public at continued and substantially increased risk of serious injury or death." Apparently, Liberty had also been cited for multiple safety violations this year alone. Investigations have uncovered that companies in South Texas operate under different names but often share or lease buses with each other.
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