Tour bus kills New York pedestrian, driver charged

[EnglishLady]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A tour bus driver who struck a pedestrian on a midtown Manhattan street was charged on Sunday with drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter, police said.

Steve Drappel, 57, of West Palm Beach, Florida, hit the pedestrian as he turned a corner near Times Square shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday, police said. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, police said.

The luxury tour bus was operated by Travelynx, a Florida-based charter service. A Travelynx representative could not be reached immediately for comment.

A bus carrying passengers home to New York City from a Connecticut casino crashed in mid-March on a local highway, killing 15 people and injuring the rest of the 32 passengers on board. The cause of that crash remains under investigation.

 

[Dabus1952]

I dont know what is happening in the busing industry,There have been 3 fatal accidents since Thursday. A 27 year old women was struck and killed by a tour bus in downtown Chicago as He made a turn. It turn's out the bum was high on cocaine.Also wanted on sexual assualt of a Child in Chicago.Then the NY accident. Then Friday late night 2 buses from Here in Wisconsin were involved in a fatal accident on interstate 80 in PA .This case was clear cut, a auto driven by a person from Ohio was driving the wrong way at a high rate of speed.He was killed .The 2 driver's were injured 1 with broken leg and cuts 2nd bus cuts bruises.None of the students on there way to Washington DC were injured .I have stated this before,as someone involved in that industry for many year's compaines must be desperate for driver's.The company out of Wisconsin was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.I know that company very well.They have high driver standard's.The other two compaines I have no knowledge of.