Barstow, CA — One person was killed when a bus collided with a truck outside of Barstow, California, on Monday, June 2, 2014. The accident took place on Fort Irwin Road, around 4:30 in the morning.
A bus taking passengers to Fort Irwin crashed into the truck, which was parked outside the base for unknown reasons. According to reports, the truck had no lights on.
Eight people were injured in the accident and Dail Keiper, a passenger on the bus, was killed.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
There are several unanswered questions here. Was the bus municipally owned and operated? Reports say it was bringing people to the military base. Was the bus perhaps operated by the army? Who did the truck belong to? Was it a military vehicle? If either of the vehicle was owned by the military or a local municipality, recovering legal damages is going to be difficult. Not impossible, but sovereign immunity makes these sorts of situations very difficult to navigate. If the truck was parked illegally, or either vehicle was privately owned, then that’s a different story. In any case, hopefully the parties involved will be able to come to some sort of an agreement so that the victims will be made whole again.
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