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Sacramento Bus Accident Driver and Vehicle Had No Place on the Roads

As investigations into the Northern California bus accident in Williams proceed, more unsavory facts about the bus operation are coming to light. We’ve known that the driver Quinton Watts was a sorry excuse who had been in and out of jail on numerous occasions for offenses, including drugs and firearms possession. He was on parole for a 2007 conviction for possession of firearms at the time of the bus accident in Sacramento. He has a commercial driver’s license that authorizes him to carry hazardous materials in trucks, but he is not authorized to transport passengers.

Now, we also learn that the bus had been designated as non-operational on state forms as far back as May. This was confirmed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. However, Cobbs Bus Service had continued to press the bus into operation, even using it for the regular casino trips that ferried gamblers to casinos in the Sacramento area.

The bus driven by Watts fell into a ditch about 60 miles north of Sacramento. Eight passengers were killed, and at least 35 people were injured. Passengers in the bus report that the driver let the bus veer out of control, and the bus lurched from left to right several times before overturning. Watts has been arrested for driving under the influence of prescription or non-prescription medication. He continues to be in the hospital, after receiving injuries in the bus accident.

Meanwhile, families of the victims of the bus accident in Sacramento continue to be anxious about the condition of their loved ones. Several passengers who were injured continue to be listed in serious condition in the hospital. The fact that many of these were elderly passengers seems to have compounded the effect of their injuries. The injured are at nine hospitals scatted throughout the state. The Hmong Women’s Heritage Association is arranging with the California Highway Patrol to help family members locate belongings of the bus accident victims by creating a catalog of all possessions recovered after the crash.

All this worry and anxiety has been caused because the unscrupulous bus company had no compunctions about operating a bus that has been deemed non-operational. They had no qualms at all about risking the lives of passengers on their regular casino trips, and they had no concerns about the danger posed by allowing a driver, who was absolutely unfit from every angle, to drive the vehicle. As a result of this, 8 passengers are dead, and 35 others are fighting for their lives in hospitals across Northern California.

The passengers, who have suffered injuries in the bus accident as well as the loved ones of those who died, must quickly begin to explore the possibility of legal action against the company through a Sacramento bus accident attorney.

If you have been injured or a loved-one has been killed in the Sacramento bus crash, contact The Reeves Law Group. The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of bus accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

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