[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 143 Introduced in Senate (IS)]





108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 143

Remembering and honoring the victims of the bus crash near Carrollton, 
              Kentucky, fifteen years ago on May 14, 1988.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2003

  Mr. Lautenberg (for himself and Mr. DeWine) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Remembering and honoring the victims of the bus crash near Carrollton, 
              Kentucky, fifteen years ago on May 14, 1988.

Whereas a school bus full of children, teens and chaperones was traveling down 
        Interstate 71 to Radcliff, Kentucky, following a church outing at a 
        Cincinnati, Ohio amusement park;
Whereas a drunk driver, with blood alcohol concentration levels at .24 percent, 
        much higher than the legal limit, was traveling northbound in the 
        southbound lanes of Interstate 71 in his pickup truck;
Whereas the National Transportation Safety Board found the drunk driver slammed 
        into the bus head on, causing a collision sequence which resulted in the 
        bus bursting into flames;
Whereas, 24 children and three adults perished in this tragedy;
Whereas, thirty-four other people suffered injuries, some critical, in the crash 
        and resulting fire;
Whereas, the pickup driver was found to be a repeat drunk-driving offender and 
        substantially over the legal blood alcohol concentration limit to 
        operate a vehicle;
Whereas the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has found that 
        alcohol-related traffic deaths have increased for the third consecutive 
        year in a row; and
Whereas the strength and determination of the survivors and of the relatives of 
        the victims to this crash serve as an inspiration for all Americans: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That that on this day, May 14, 2003, the Unites States 
Senate remembers and honors the victims and their families on this 15th 
anniversary of the deadliest drunk driving crash in United States 
history.
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