NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
July 1, 2008

NTSB TO MEET ON ATLANTA MOTORCOACH ACCIDENT

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting Tuesday, July 8, at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C.

There is one item on the agenda. The Board will consider a final report on the following accident:

• On Friday, March 2, 2007, a 2000 VanHool T2145 57- passenger motorcoach operated by Executive Coach Luxury Travel, Inc., transporting 33 members of the Bluffton University (Ohio) baseball team, exited the HOV lane of Interstate 75 in Atlanta, Georgia, entered an intersection on an overpass, overrode a bridge wall, and fell 19 feet onto the southbound lanes of the interstate.  Seven motorcoach occupants were killed: the driver, the driver's wife, and five passengers. Seven other motorcoach passengers received serious injuries, and 21 passengers received minor injuries.

A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be available on the Board's website at http://www.ntsb.gov/events/Boardmeeting.htm. Technical support details are available under "Board Meetings." To report any problems, please call 703-993-3100 and ask for Webcast Technical Support.

A summary of the Board's final report, which will include findings, probable cause and safety recommendations, will appear on the website shortly after the conclusion of the meeting. The entire report will appear on the website several weeks later.

Directions to the NTSB Board Room: Front door located on Lower 10th Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From Metro, exit L'Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D Streets escalator, walk through shopping mall, at the CVS store (on the left), take escalator (on the right) down one level. The Board room will be to your left.

Media Contact: Bridget Ann Serchak, 202-314-6100
bridget.serchak@ntsb.gov

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