Regulation & Safety

'Egregious disregard for safety' blamed for 2018 limo crash that killed 20

Limo crash — The NTSB investigated a collision involving a 2001 Ford Excursion stretch limousine (pictured), a 2015 Toyota Highlander and two pedestrians that occurred in Schoharie, N.Y., on Oct. 6, 2018. (NTSB)

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September 29, 2020 02:42 PM

WASHINGTON -- The National Safety Transportation Board identified an “egregious disregard for safety” by the company the operated a stretch limousine that was involved in a deadly 2018 crash as the probable cause of the accident in New York that killed 20 people.

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