Originally Posted By sjhym33 The local news just reported that a Disney bus was involved in an accident with a car outside of Typhoon Lagoon. No other information. There was a helicopter over the scene and the car looked pretty damaged.
Originally Posted By sjhym33 Most recent report says that the car hit the bus and that the driver of the car was at fault. The driver ran into the back of the bus and no one on the bus was injured.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer "....This comes after the Monorail accident that killed a Disney CM last July." Sigh. It has not been a good year for them.
Originally Posted By Krankenstein It's a shame they have to bring up every accident when they post a story like this.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Sigh...this comes after every bad event that has happened in the world previous to it. Sigh...this is national news, how? Let's get over it...a place with as much traffic as WDW is bound to have several accidents a day and therefore a bus is going to be occasionally involved. It isn't news. It's a minor, non-newsworthy event. Unless, of course, a CM is killed in an accident, totally unconnected with any other accident. Just coincidence. If I were a betting man I would bet that there were several such accidents previous to the monorail one, that no one ever heard of.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Sigh...this is national news, how? >>> It isn't. Who said it was? In other news, they've announced that no links to terrorism are suspected. Thank God for that.
Originally Posted By MPierce Are they sure the driver of the car didn't receive driver training in Pakistan?
Originally Posted By mousermerf However, a perk of a monorail system is that it rides above the vehicle traffic below - making it inherently safer for those on board. That is one of the reasons they use to sell the system so it's valid to point it out.
