Bus Accident Spares Four Nevada Spring Breakers
Bus Accident Spares Four Nevada Spring Breakers by Texas Bus Accident Lawyer Justin A. Hill
The horrific bus accident around Campbellton, Texas claimed two lives. The rest were lucky to escape. A recent article in the Des Moines Register reports:
Four Nevada teenagers survived a harrowing bus rollover that killed two other passengers and sent 40 to hospitals Tuesday in southwestern Texas. Sisters Chrissy Rewerts, 14, and Amanda Rewerts, 16, were traveling to their grandparents’ home in McAllen for a spring break visit when their bus crashed about 45 miles south of San Antonio. Two of their neighbors and schoolmates, Ashli Decena, 14, and Miranda Gibson, 15, were also on the bus. None of the girls suffered life-threatening injuries, though Ashli sustained a broken arm, said Patty Rewerts, mother of Chrissy and Amanda. Texas authorities reported the driver heard a loud pop and lost control of the bus, which veered off the right side of Interstate Highway 37 before coming back across the highway and going into a grassy median, where it landed on its right side. The bus windows were shattered, and luggage, pillows and purses littered the median, authorities said. In the chaos of the crash, Chrissy lost her phone and borrowed a passer-by’s to call her mom. Chrissy told her she was fine, but that Amanda had been injured and was rushed from the scene. “That wasn’t a good conversation,” Patty Rewerts said. Hours later, Rewerts talked to a doctor at a hospital outside San Antonio, where Amanda had undergone tests. Amanda had suffered many “cuts and scratches and bruises,” but there was no internal bleeding. She was to remain hospitalized overnight for observation, Rewerts said. “For a couple of hours there, I didn’t know,” Rewerts said. “It’s just a mother’s worst nightmare.” The Texas bus crash was the second serious accident involving Iowa students traveling for spring break since Saturday. Tyler Danielson, 19, of Carlisle died when the car he was riding in went into a median, rolled and ejected four of six passengers in New Mexico. All of Danielson’s fellow passengers, all of whom had Iowa ties, were injured.
If someone you know was injured or killed as the result of a motor coach, RV, or bus accident, encourage them to immediately contact a competent attorney for advice. It is extremely important to do this quickly to ensure that evidence is preserved, statements are taken, and the rights of all potential plaintiffs are protected.
