NTSB LOOKS AT FATAL BUS ACCIDENT IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE USE OF MEDICATION WHEN OPERATING VEHICLES

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a Board Meeting Wednesday, January 5, 2000, at 9:30 a.m., in the Board Room of its Headquarters building, 5th floor, 490 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C.  Two items will be discussed:

The Safety Board will look at the collision of a Greyhound Lines, Inc. motorcoach with two tractor semi-trailers, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on June 20, 1998. The bus driver and six passengers were killed.
Press Contact: Terry N. Williams
 
The Safety Board will look at the use of medication when operating vehicles and the lack of information regarding prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications in accidents in all modes of transportation.
Press Contact:  Lauren Peduzzi

A mult-box is available for sound.  This room is lighted for television.