NEWS: Delta Employee Shuttle Bus Involved in Accident
Oct 31, 2007, 6:01 pm
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NEWS: Delta Employee Shuttle Bus Involved in Accident
from wsbtv.com:
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Officials with Delta Air Lines said eight people were sent to the hospital after an employee shuttle bus ran off the road.
The bus was involved in a accident near the airport entrance by the Camp Creek Parkway exit on Airport Boulevard, according to a Delta spokesperson. The crash happened around 3 p.m. Wednesday. About 15-20 Delta employees that work at airport were on the bus at the time.
A spokesman for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport said it appeared the driver of the shuttle lost control and hit a guard rail.
Seven Delta employees and the bus driver were taken to area hospitals. Three people refused treatement, according to emergency officials.
Grady Memorial Hospital said the three people that were brought there were are listed in stable condition.
No life-threatening injuries or fatalities are being reported.
Camp Creek Parkway was closed down to one lane for over an hour -- it has since reopened.
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Officials with Delta Air Lines said eight people were sent to the hospital after an employee shuttle bus ran off the road.
The bus was involved in a accident near the airport entrance by the Camp Creek Parkway exit on Airport Boulevard, according to a Delta spokesperson. The crash happened around 3 p.m. Wednesday. About 15-20 Delta employees that work at airport were on the bus at the time.
A spokesman for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport said it appeared the driver of the shuttle lost control and hit a guard rail.
Seven Delta employees and the bus driver were taken to area hospitals. Three people refused treatement, according to emergency officials.
Grady Memorial Hospital said the three people that were brought there were are listed in stable condition.
No life-threatening injuries or fatalities are being reported.
Camp Creek Parkway was closed down to one lane for over an hour -- it has since reopened.
Oct 31, 2007, 6:45 pm
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Good! I'm glad to hear some DL employees wasn't serious at all.
Hopefully if DL employees will be alright for while. The driver need more extra carefully what he was doing on the streets. Don't let him out of control courtesy shuttle in ATL.
Hopefully if DL employees will be alright for while. The driver need more extra carefully what he was doing on the streets. Don't let him out of control courtesy shuttle in ATL.
