US NTSB to research street accident that killed six in New York

By David Shepardson

(Reuters) – The Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) stated on Saturday it could examine a crash involving a Freightliner field truck and a bus that killed six individuals in Louisville, New York.

The crash occurred round 6:02 a.m. Saturday on State Freeway 37 within the small city of St. Lawrence County close to the Canadian border, inflicting severe and severe accidents to 3 individuals who have been taken to an area hospital in New York. State police stated. A six-member staff is being fashioned to research the crash, the NTSB stated.

Native TV station WWNY reported that roads have been lined in snow and visibility was poor on the time of the accident. Images of the devastating accident posted by WWNY present that it concerned a Penske rental truck – a 2021 Freightliner field truck. State police stated the opposite automobile concerned was a 2013 Categorical Bus. The accident closed the freeway for about 12 hours.

US site visitors deaths have elevated dramatically because the begin of the COVID-19 pandemic as extra drivers engaged in unsafe conduct following the Covid lockdown. The variety of deaths within the first six months of 2022 was the very best since 2006.

The Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration stated earlier this month that there was a ten% enhance in street accidents involving at the very least one giant truck within the first half of 2022.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Modifying by Muralikumar Anantharaman)