Sleep apnea, fatigue and a poor traffic management plan combined to cause a fatal 2016 collision between a motorcoach and tractor-trailer truck near Palm Springs, California, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
The driver and 12 passengersof the motorcoach were killed on October 23, 2016 when the speeding vehicle crashed into a stopped truck on Interstate 10 in the early-morning darkness. The truck and other traffic had been stopped on the highway by police for utility work. When traffic resumed, the truck did not move. The motorcoach struck the rear of the truck two minutes later, intruding about 13 feet into the truck trailer and pushing it 71 feet forward.