"Some very unhappy people."Ībout 5 hours later, arrived in Milwaukee.
"P assengers are looking up Megabus TOC which limits liability to $250," Peterson tweeted. Most luggage got incinerated," Peterson tweeted, noting wryly that police officers at the scene told passengers that another Megabus would be sent to pick them up. "We're trying to see if everyone got off the bus ok. Most of the customers' luggage had been incinerated in the fire - many lost thousands of dollars worth of possessions. Peterson spoke to some of the passengers on the bus as they waited in a grassy field on the side of the highway. "The low-cost bus industry, which has revolutionized transportation for students and other budget-conscious travelers, has racked up an alarmingly high number of fatal accidents and safety violations over the last few years," the Times reported. Megabus is a low-cost curbside bus company, of the kind written about in a 2011 New York Times report detailing the less-than-satisfactory safety records of budget bus companies:
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Entire thing goes up in flames, series of loud booms." Small fire over wheel becomes big people abandon luggage and get away. He continued: "Someone on the top deck eventually says: 'We should get off of this bus.' So we all get out. Minutes later smoke starts pouring out of the bus." Driver says it's just a flat tire, that there's no need to panic, and goes outside. About five min later tire blows and we pull over on hwy 41.
"Then driver said we have to turn around and go back to Chicago to switch buses.
"Summary: W e left Chicago, immediately there seemed to be something wrong bc we stopped on shoulder of highway couple times, driver got out," Peterson tweeted. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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