NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
January 31, 2009

NTSB SENDING TEAM TO INVESTIGATE TOUR BUS ACCIDENT IN ARIZONA

The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a six- member team to investigate yesterday's single-vehicle crash of a tour bus on a rural stretch of an Arizona highway in which seven were killed and 14 others were injured.

At about 4:00 p.m. MST Friday, January 30, 2009, a 24-passenger capacity tour bus traveling northbound on U.S. 93 in Mohave County, near Dolan Springs, Arizona, crossed the median, rolled over and came to rest in the southbound lanes. The bus was operated by DW Tours.

Senior Highway Safety Investigator Pete Kotowski is the Investigator-in-Charge of the NTSB team.

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