1972 Bean Station bus-truck collision
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The 1972 Bean Station bus-truck collision was a head-on collision involving a double-decker Greyhound bus and a tractor-trailer on U.S. Route 11W in Grainger County, Tennessee, that occurred near the town of Bean Station on the morning of May 13, 1972. The accident is the deadliest and one of the worst traffic collisions in the history of Tennessee. The accident led to outcry from politicians and citizens calling for traffic safety and infrastructure improvements, such as highway widenings, and the completion of Interstate 81 in Tennessee.
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1972 Bean Station bus-truck collision
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Governor Winfield Dunn
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Tennessee Highway Patrol Captain Guy Nicholson
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Operator error, distracted driving
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The record of Highway 11W is written in tragedy and demands the action of responsible people including the governor; this I intend to do.
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Because of the heavy truck traffic on that highway , it was just a matter of time until something like this happened.
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The 1972 Bean Station bus-truck collision was a head-on collision involving a double-decker Greyhound bus and a tractor-trailer on U.S. Route 11W in Grainger County, Tennessee, that occurred near the town of Bean Station on the morning of May 13, 1972. The accident is the deadliest and one of the worst traffic collisions in the history of Tennessee. The accident led to outcry from politicians and citizens calling for traffic safety and infrastructure improvements, such as highway widenings, and the completion of Interstate 81 in Tennessee.
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