Bedore Bus Tour Accident Lawsuit

Two people were killed and 35 injured, four critically, when a tire blew out on a tour bus owned by Bedore Tours bus company, located in New York. The bus was heading northbound on I-390, about 55 miles southeast of Rochester, NY, when the accident happened. The bus was going to Niagara Falls.

The investigation points to tire failure as the cause of the accident. “If this accident was caused by a defective tire, the manufacturer of the tire should be held accountable for the injuries and deaths caused by their product,” said bus accident attorney Elliot Olsen. “Evidence also needs to be analyzed to determine if the bus driver or a maintenance issue caused or contributed to the accident. Bus companies are responsible for safely transporting their passengers.”

The insurance company representing Bedore Tours may contact accident victims or their families. If this happens to you, do not talk to the insurance company employee because it could hurt your case. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Bedore Tours, Inc. is insured for bodily injury claims with National Interstate Insurance Company.

The Bedore tour bus plunged down an embankment into a wooded median separating the south and north lanes of the interstate at 4:16 p. m, according to the New York State Police. The bus then hit several trees and turned over.

One person died at the scene, and the other 35 passengers and driver were either treated at the scene or transported to hospitals. One passenger later died at Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville, New York, and a passenger with critical injuries was flown to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY.

Information from the engine control module needs to be analyzed by an experienced U.S. bus accident attorney. This evidence may provide information on how fast the bus was traveling and the condition of its braking system.

Elliot Olsen and Fred Pritzker are our lead attorneys for these cases. When they are hired, they send a spoliation letter to the bus company. This is a letter to the trucking company requesting that the company preserve evidence related to the accident.

More Bedore bus accident information from a local news report:

All the passengers were from India. Sakina Kiazar, 52, was identified as one of the deceased. The second fatality involved a 66-year-old woman, whose identity was withheld pending notification of her family.

The tourists had boarded the bus Saturday in New York City and then went to Washington, D. C., before heading to Niagara Falls at 9 a. m. Sunday.

http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article493431.ece

Pritzker Olsen attorneys have appeared on the CBS News, Fox's "Geraldo Live" and local news programs. The have also been interviewed by The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and others. Attorney Fred Pritzker is listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

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