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AngryAmish

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8. The old extended vans of Ford and Chrysler were prone to rollover crashes

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 30, 2017, 06:07 AM

Mar 2017

Known defect. They never tried a case, all settled. Should have been recalled years ago. With weight behind axel and leaf springs they would lose the rear end. I don't know if this is the case here though.

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At least 12 dead in Texas church bus crash, police say [View all] Chicago1980 Mar 2017 OP

very tragic Skittles Mar 2017 #1

My feelings exactly MrScorpio Mar 2017 #6

it is 13 casualties now Skittles Mar 2017 #7

How sad about those boys LeftInTX Mar 2017 #10

brothers Skittles Mar 2017 #13

These church buses seem disproportionately accident prone. Poor driver? CurtEastPoint Mar 2017 #2

I think it was the pick-up driver LeftInTX Mar 2017 #3

It's definitely the fault of the pickup driver jmowreader Apr 2017 #14

To people that complain about texting-and-driving laws christx30 Apr 2017 #17

All too often they are old and "retired" from hauling around schoolkids. Archae Mar 2017 #4

The old extended vans of Ford and Chrysler were prone to rollover crashes AngryAmish Mar 2017 #8

What is the ratio and the base? LanternWaste Mar 2017 #11

In this case it appears to be the fault of the other driver, not the bus driver. yellowcanine Mar 2017 #12

I went to a concert a few weeks ago. Initech Apr 2017 #15

A huge tragedy GulfCoast66 Mar 2017 #5

Update from BBC nitpicker Mar 2017 #9

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