Bus Driver in Fatal Crash Had Record of 22 Convictions
Police investigating the crash of a chartered bus in which five persons died said Monday that the driver had 22 motor vehicle convictions on his record, including 13 for speeding.
Speed, driver error and wet roads were the factors first mentioned Sunday when state police spokesman Sgt. Bill Tower was questioned about why the bus crashed into a guardrail as it traveled downhill on a bridge over the Monocacy River. Twelve passengers were injured.
The driver, George Whalen Brown, 68, of Baltimore, was among those killed. He and a passenger were thrown through the front window of the bus and fell 80 to 100 feet to the river bank below, police said. The front of the bus was crushed on impact.
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