Mary/Portland, OR Thu 04 Mar 2010, 1:44 am
I'm curious to know why this bus stalled yesterday afternoon and then again this morning - electromagnetic disturbances in SF Bay Area, perhaps??? Here's the news article:
Train hits empty AC Transit bus
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
(03-03) 15:31 PST OAKLAND -- An Amtrak train hit an empty AC Transit bus that had stalled on the tracks in Oakland this morning, authorities said.
The southbound train hit the articulated bus at a crossing on 66th Avenue west of San Leandro Street at about 6:30 a.m., said Amtrak spokeswoman Vernaé Graham. The bus driver fled when the vehicle stalled, and there were no passengers onboard.
No one on the train was hurt when it slammed into the bus, splitting the vehicle in two.
The same driver had reported a brief stall on the same bus Tuesday, but the bus apparently was not taken out of service, an AC Transit spokesman said.
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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/03/BAJK1CA7CV.DTL