12 Hurt in North Carolina Greyhound Bus Wreck after Driver Falls Asleep

Twelve people have minor injuries after a bus driver fell asleep at the wheel and the vehicle veered off the road and turned onto its side about 40 miles north of Raleigh, North Carolina.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol says 29 passengers were aboard the Greyhound bus when the wreck happened early Tuesday morning along U.S. 1, near the Virginia state line.

The bus ran into a ditch, rolled onto its right side and slid about 100 feet.

A patrol spokesman says the injured were taken to a hospital and the bus driver was charged with careless and reckless driving.

Latest Comments

• April 26, 2008 at 11:54 am

  wudchuck says:

  but think about this: this was a greyhound bus and was outside of town. they already had a manifest of those by ticket. so they had an account of how many were on the bus. now... read more
• April 25, 2008 at 4:49 am

  nancy says:

  i was going to post something similiar to your post clm mgr but you beat me to it. it appears we all know what happens when there's an MVA with a bus.
• April 25, 2008 at 4:47 am

  clm mgr says:

  In a bus accident, if the bus has seating for 43 passengers, there will be a minimum of 50 "passengers" making claims. More people were fighting to get on a wrecked bus than ... read more