The state of Georgia has paid the maximum legal settlement--$3 million--to victims of the wreck of the Bluffton University baseball team bus accident two years ago. The wreck killed five baseball players, the bus driver and his wife. State law limits Georgia's liability to $3 million per occurrence, no matter how many are injured.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators said the bus driver thought he was staying in an HOV lane on Interstate 75 when he drove onto an exit ramp just north of Atlanta, plowing through a stop sign at highway speed and off of a bridge at the top of the ramp.
The NTSB released recommendations in August urging more clear and consistent highway signs.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators said the bus driver thought he was staying in an HOV lane on Interstate 75 when he drove onto an exit ramp just north of Atlanta, plowing through a stop sign at highway speed and off of a bridge at the top of the ramp.
The NTSB released recommendations in August urging more clear and consistent highway signs.
