*********I-75 SHUT DOWN**********

[Hulud]

I-75 Blocked: Bus Falls From Interstate Ramp

POSTED: 5:55 am EST March 2, 2007
UPDATED: 6:47 am EST March 2, 2007

ATLANTA -- A tour bus tumbled off the Northside Drive bridge onto I-75 southbound, shutting down the Interstate in both directions.

There are reports of at least two fatalities. The bus was carrying a youth baseball team from Ohio heading to Florida.

The bus fell about 20 feet from Northside Drive and is blocking all southbound lanes.

Northbound lanes were shut down to allow emergency crews to get to the scene.

[Bishop]

damn that sucks

[Hulud]

5 people died now

[Glides]

Baseball is a very dangerous sport.

[Sol-Badguy]

6 people are reported dead now.

[Nismo]

PWND

[candy2082002]

Thats so sad :(

[Leisa]

now there are 6 confirmed dead and 15 with serious injuries..... I cant even imagine what these kids must have been thinking as their bus was falling off the exit ramp onto the highway... its devastating.

[LeX]

that's terrible. how does that sort of thing happen? That driver is never going to be able to live with himself... condolences to the families

[IDCoconut]

I saw that this morning on my way to work.

[Leisa]

that's terrible. how does that sort of thing happen? That driver is never going to be able to live with himself... condolences to the families


From what they are saying, the driver exited off 75 by mistake and when he realized it, he tried to get back on by making a sharp turn, which made the bus flip .... so sad :(

[Kelly]

For some reason I thought it was storm related? Wasn't it stormy down there? :thinking:

Either way, it's terrible :(

[kelly marie]

this is truly a tragedy and for people to come in and make jokes is just plain wrong.. people died.. families now have to drive or fly down here to see their dead or injured child.. i can't even imagine how terrifying that is..

my prayers are with the victims and their families

[kelly marie]

For some reason I thought it was storm related? Wasn't it stormy down there? :thinking:

Either way, it's terrible :(nope.. it's sunny in atlanta this morning.. that's when this happened :(

[Sol-Badguy]

this is truly a tragedy and for people to come in and make jokes is just plain wrong.. people died.. families now have to drive or fly down here to see their dead or injured child.. i can't even imagine how terrifying that is..

my prayers are with the victims and their families
No kidding.

They're all going to have to come down from Ohio. It's going to be tough times for those families.

[ksinao]

thats horrible shit. i hate it when young people die.

[unkn0wndj]

WTF How did this happen?

[IDCoconut]

Here's how it happened.

On this part of I75 Southbound, you can get off and hop into Northside Drive through the HOV lane (left most lane of interstate). The guy accidentally got off. Assuming the bus was going 60mph, no way in hell he had enough time to stop that thing if he realized he got off even half way through that ramp. It's a rather short off ramp. Well, this off ramp leads to a bridge that is perpendicular to it with no road on the other side. So the driver tried to save it by turning right off of the exit onto the bridge but did not make it. The bus then rammed the three foot barrier with fencing and goes right over it.

I just got back from there to check it out.

[AnthonyF]

you say Youth, i heard college.....if it was youth? How young? :(

[Leisa]

Baseball is a very dangerous sport.

Not funny asshole...

[AnthonyF]

yea, not the right time to say that...or OWNED. very wrong.

[Killer]

traffic was horrible even on the back roads this morning.. i left my house at 8:30 and still just got to work (normally a 20 minute drive)

[SampaGuy]

Here's how it happened.

On this part of I75 Southbound, you can get off and hop into Northside Drive through the HOV lane (left most lane of interstate). The guy accidentally got off. Assuming the bus was going 60mph, no way in hell he had enough time to stop that thing if he realized he got off even half way through that ramp. It's a rather short off ramp. Well, this off ramp leads to a bridge that is perpendicular to it with no road on the other side. So the driver tried to save it by turning right off of the exit onto the bridge but did not make it. The bus then rammed the three foot barrier with fencing and goes right over it.


shit i know exactly where that is and i can picture that happening :(

[Leadfoot_mf]

Not funny asshole...
i lirl guess i am an asshole also :(

[HalfBaked]

For those baseball fans keeping track at home thats an error on the busdriver.

E-busdriver.

[Maki]

Just announced. its open again

[HalfBaked]

Its been open for over an hour.

[Hulud]

Mike Morris of Marietta was traveling to work when he saw something blocking the southbound lanes of Interstate 75. He saw people climbing out of the top of the bus and called 911.

Morris describes the players this way "They were very dazed. A lot of them were very bloody. They had taken a very bad ride in the bus."

LOL wow, way to go captain obvious

[Halfwit]

" i dont think that it was a good crash"
"it probably hurt some of the players"

[HalfBaked]

LOL wow, way to go captain obvious
I saw a thing on the news once where they interviewed this guy from a trailer park about a tornado that had came through. This is what he said exactly...

"IT SOUNDED LIKE A THOUSAND VACUUM CLEANERS. IT WAS A TORNADER!"

[Hulud]

TORNADER! LOL

[HalfBaked]

TORNADER! LOL
Am I getting yo money tonight foo?

[Hulud]

Am I getting yo money tonight foo?
no, im goin to wild wings i think

[Leadfoot_mf]

For those baseball fans keeping track at home thats an error on the busdriver.

E-busdriver.
well that is even funnier +1

[97greencivic]

im watching it right now on the news 6 died and 29 badly injuried my prayers are aslo with the family of this baseball team

[JennB]

I don't hear the helicopters anymore... hmm.

I work maybe 2000 feet from I-75. When I got to work, there were 4 helicopters hovering overhead.

Terrible accident. I have a feeling new signs will go up on this ramp very soon.

[Leisa]

So far confirmed dead is the bus driver, his wife, and their 4 kids...

[HalfBaked]

So far confirmed dead is the bus driver, his wife, and their 4 kids...
Atleast he doesn't have to live with the fact that he killed his wife and kids.

[HalfBaked]

So far confirmed dead is the bus driver, his wife, and their 4 kids...

BUSted.

[Leisa]

Matt.. .you are so fucked up when it comes to sentimentel things.. I think that is what is wrong with you... :???:

[ironchef]

Must be his HIV, causes him to think differently.

[Leadfoot_mf]

BUSted.
oh noes

not as good as the error but lol

[db_bogdan]

that`s fucked up... :( horible! someone record the news or something....

[Leadfoot_mf]

that`s fucked up... :( horible! someone record the news or something....
what do u mean or something....i am whacking it in public how about that?

[man]

PWND

moron

[ORGANIZATIONXIII]

damn, I didn't hear about this..

I just heard about the off duty Powder Springs cop going in the wrong direction on 75 at like 2am and collided head first with a Clayton Co. Ambulance..

the cop had the fatality while the 2 in the ambulance/patient were ok

[BSeriesDA9]

timothy k is okay...few scratches he was the only local player...

[con]

damn, I didn't hear about this..

I just heard about the off duty Powder Springs cop going in the wrong direction on 75 at like 2am and collided head first with a Clayton Co. Ambulance..

the cop had the fatality while the 2 in the ambulance/patient were ok
o shiat, on my way to lunch I saw a ambulance being towed into the Clayco Bus Complex. Wonder if this was the one....it had severe front end damage and a lot of damage along the entire driver's side.

[The Ren]

I just heard the news update.. the driver, his wife, and 4 team members died..

[ISAtlanta300]

Must have been a very bad way to die.. i mean.. it wasn't a high speed crash per se so it must have been head injuries and broken necks... :(

[HalfBaked]

Matt.. .you are so fucked up when it comes to sentimentel things..

What is sentimental to them? The bus? You don't really use sentimental to describe people to people. It is more so things you see or hear.

[ShooterMcGavin]

my gf was stuck in traffic this morning goin to work for like over 2.5 hrs, i was stuck in traffic and had to find an alternate way to work cuz 41 was backed up due to 75 being a parking lot. cnn was showing a computer recreation of what happened, that was some fucked up shit outta speed or something...

[ShooterMcGavin]

I just heard the news update.. the driver, his wife, and 4 team members died..
guess no jail time for him this way...

[seksehowy]

I work on that exit >.> The bus driver + wife = dead +4 other students. good thing it didnt get anyone else on the road in danger. Sucks though.

[Dragonfly5338]

That shit is crazy. They were kids from Bluffton College in Ohio. I was born and grew up there. Real small town of like 2k people. Craziness, I tell ya.

[Cale Tucker]

Very sad.