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  1. 03-02-2007, 06:58 AM #1
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    Default *********I-75 SHUT DOWN**********

    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.
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  2. 03-02-2007, 07:01 AM #2
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    damn that sucks
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    5 people died now
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    Baseball is a very dangerous sport.

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    6 people are reported dead now.
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    Thats so sad

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    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.
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  9. 03-02-2007, 09:10 AM #9
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    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
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    I saw that this morning on my way to work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 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

    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
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  12. 03-02-2007, 09:20 AM #12
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    For some reason I thought it was storm related? Wasn't it stormy down there?

    Either way, it's terrible
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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by kelly
    For some reason I thought it was storm related? Wasn't it stormy down there?

    Either way, it's terrible
    nope.. it's sunny in atlanta this morning.. that's when this happened
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    Quote Originally Posted by 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
    No kidding.

    They're all going to have to come down from Ohio. It's going to be tough times for those families.
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    thats horrible shit. i hate it when young people die.
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    WTF How did this happen?
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    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.
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    you say Youth, i heard college.....if it was youth? How young?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glides
    Baseball is a very dangerous sport.
    Not funny asshole...
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    yea, not the right time to say that...or OWNED. very wrong.
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    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)
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    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
    shit i know exactly where that is and i can picture that happening
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leisa
    Not funny asshole...
    i lirl guess i am an asshole also
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    For those baseball fans keeping track at home thats an error on the busdriver.

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    Just announced. its open again
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    Its been open for over an hour.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WSBTV
    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
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    " i dont think that it was a good crash"
    "it probably hurt some of the players"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hulud
    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!"

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    TORNADER! LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hulud
    TORNADER! LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by HalfBaked
    Am I getting yo money tonight foo?
    no, im goin to wild wings i think
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    Quote Originally Posted by HalfBaked
    For those baseball fans keeping track at home thats an error on the busdriver.

    E-busdriver.
    well that is even funnier +1
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    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
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    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.
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    So far confirmed dead is the bus driver, his wife, and their 4 kids...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leisa
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leisa
    So far confirmed dead is the bus driver, his wife, and their 4 kids...
    BUSted.

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