Culver City Death on a Casino Tour Bus Lawyers Want to Help You

As recently as May 18, 2008, Glendale to Laughlin tour bus accident lawyers reported that a wrongful death bus crash resulted on egress from Los Angeles when casino tour bus operated by Royal American was en-route on Interstate 40 crashed outside of Barstow California.

It was reported by officials that on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 in the Mojave Desert, the tour bus that was coming from Culver City and going to Laughlin Nevada. The casino tour bus accident occurred about forty miles east of Barstow and approximately one hundred and thirty-two miles from Laughlin.

The reports from Culver City tour bus accident attorneys are that the tour bus veered from the highway and into a dirt median where it then overturned and skidded approximately one hundred feet. It has been reported that the tour bus was in the left lane traveling at approximately 70 miles per hour and drifted approximately forty feet to the dirt median.

The tour bus crash injured twenty-one passengers and there was one fatality according to officials the woman who was killed was thrown from the tour bus, was only age 31 and a resident of Los Angeles. If this case turns on negligence, there is probably a wrongful death case.

In a statement by California Highway Patrol Officer Taj Johnson, eight of the passengers were severely injured while thirteen were said to have sustained minor injuries in the accident. After the crash occurred as temperatures in the bus began to rise some of the passengers were able to escape though the windshield that had shattered and many were aided by other passengers and motorists that had stopped to assist the victims of the tour bus crash.

A San Bernardino County Fire Department spokesman, Tracey Martinez stated that the passengers boarded the Fox Hills Mall in Culver City and the bus was a Royal American Tours & Charter of Glendale. The identities of the injured victims have not been released but it is known that Faith Creers mother and daughter were also passengers on the tour bus. There were also reports that she may have been traveling with her husband.

There were approximately six helicopters and nine emergency vehicles, some of which were from a nearby military base. According to a California Highway Patrol spokesperson most of the passengers were from West Los Angles that were on the tour bus.

If you or a loved one has been involved in a Culver City to Laughlin bus or tour bus accident, there are skilled Culver City Tour bus accident lawyers who are equally recognized as wrongful death bus crash attorneys in Los Angeles, who will be able to assist you with your case. Experienced automobile and personal injury lawyers in Los Angeles can always be reached at 888-400-9721.