Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | 3:16 a.m.
Fatal Tour Bus Crash
Police said at least seven people died Friday after a tour bus crashed about 28 miles south of the Hoover Dam.
National Transportation Safety Board officials are meeting Tuesday to determine what caused last year's deadly tour bus crash near Hoover Dam.
They'll also consider proposed safety recommendations at the public meeting in Washington, D.C.
A charter bus was carrying a group of Chinese tourists on a return trip from the Grand Canyon when it crashed Jan. 30, 2009 on U.S. 93, the main highway leading to the Hoover Dam.
Investigators have said the bus driver was attempting to fix a problem with his door while driving into the sun just before the bus crashed.
Authorities have said the driver veered onto the right shoulder and overcorrected before losing control, crossing a desert median and overturning.
Seven people died and 10 were injured.
Sun archives
- Feds launch separate investigation into tour bus crash (2-3-09)
- License suspended for owners of tour bus in crash (2-2-09)
- Boy, 8, leaves hospital, family returning to China (2-1-09)
- Investigators sift through evidence in fatal tour bus crash (1-31-09)
- Bus crash kills 7 tourists south of Hoover Dam (1-30-09)
