Eight dead after Greyhound bus and truck crash head-on in New Mexico
Source: Sky News
At least eight people have died and dozens are seriously injured after a Greyhound bus and an articulated lorry crashed head-on in the US.
Three children are among those hurt in the collision which happened on Interstate 40 in New Mexico, near the Arizona border.
The lorry - called a semi-truck in the US - was driving east on the dual carriageway on Thursday afternoon when one of its tyres burst, sending its trailer carrying produce across the central reservation and into oncoming traffic, New Mexico State Police said.
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Ten people are being treated at University of New Mexico Hospital, including three adults who are in intensive care - one in a critical condition.
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This is just horrific and sad... 
Looks like the roof of the trailer portion of the truck split open too when it jack-knifed and fell over and the whole front of the bus was completely crushed...
Some pics -
These types of tractor-trailers are also called "18-wheelers" so wonder if the tire that blew out was actually on the tractor (front/driver) part because the trailer part usually has a number of sets of double tires... Example -
on the NJ Turnpike (I-95), much of the length has separate designated "truck/bus" lanes where although cars can go on those lanes, trucks/buses can't go on the "car-only" lanes - and these different lanes are separated by a wide median.
That way you sortof have a choice to stay far away from those trucks.
For years, I had driven up and down I-95 for work trips - both north to near NYC and south to D.C. metro, and most truckers seem to drive okay and often in caravans. But there are some who are aggressive and I've had to floor it to almost 90 mph just to get far away (and hope a state trooper ain't around 
). But when one time I had traveled to Texas and was in a van from Houston to Galveston, I was appalled at all the pieces of debris from truck tire retreads littered on the highway the whole 50+ miles. That raises red flags as to the condition of some of these vehicles - particularly driving in areas that are scorching in summer (making the highways literal furnaces) and with them permitted to go at relatively high speeds.
Oh thank goodness!!!
(the other thing was that by the time my van got to Galveston, it was completely covered in bug splats! 
)
