NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
December 8, 1999

NTSB LOOKS AT FATAL BUS ACCIDENT IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE USE OF MEDICATION WHEN OPERATING VEHICLES

(please note: this meeting is to be rescheduled)

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a Board Meeting Tuesday, December 14, 1999 at 9:30 a.m., in the Board Room of its Headquarters building, 5th floor, 490 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C.  Two items will be discussed:
 

• The Safety Board will look at the collision of a Greyhound Lines, Inc. motorcoach with two tractor semi-trailers, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on June 20, 1998. The driver of the motorcoach and six passengers sustained fatal injuries.
  Press Contact: Terry N. Williams

•  The Safety Board will look at the use of medication when operating vehicles and the lack of information regarding prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications in accidents in all modes of transportation.    
  Press Contact:  Lauren Peduzzi

A mult-box is available for sound.  This room is lighted for television.