Evening star., 1934-07-23
CRIMINAL CHARGES
SEEN IN BUS CRASH
Brakes Blamed as II Die
When Motor Jumps En-.
bankment.
By the Associated Press.

br the Associated Press.
OSSINING. N. Y. July 2a.--crim-
insl charges are TO be prepared by
in fixing responsibility in
the Sunday afternoon bus tragedy in
which II persons were burned to
death and ~ others sent to hos
pitfalls.
AS far as we have gone already"
DR. Amos o. Squire. westchester
County medical exarS--sr said today.
Il can say criminal Charges win re-
suit"
The victims died In flames when
the bus. carrying a load of members
Of the Brooklyn Young Peoples
League OF the twentieth assembly dis
trict. went over a 3o-foot embank-
ment at the bottom OF Main street
hill. The brakes, inquest testimony
indicated. we're defective.
While ownership OF the bus and
identity OF responsible parties was ap-
parently confused authorities worked
to discover actual owners and details
OF the corporation listed as operator
Brake Pedal Feund.
A brake pedal. which inquest wit
nesses said had come loose on at least
two occasions en- route from Brooklyn.
was discovered in the wreckaee. The
threads we're badly worn. DR., Squire
said.
Twelve Of the dead died In flames.
caught in a death trap when doors
and windows Of the bus were jammed
and crushed In the crash on the New
York Central railroad tracks at the
foot Of the embankment.
Jumps Bank.
The bus. one Of a caravan en- route
to q Sunday base ball game at Sing
Sing Penitentiary, careened down
Main street hill and shot over the
ramp embAnkment at the railroad
station plaza into a lumber yard be-
low.
District Attorney Prank II. Coyne
seized four OF ths seven buSses which
had transported the 2s0 merrymakers
to Ossining. terming them Junk" and
death contraptions
The driver OF the bus, Frank A.
Incarnato, 30. was killed
1t was estimated that more than "a
persons were in 1t for the drive to
Ossining.
This Is the most frighthIl thing
have ever known" Coyne said.
Brakes are BIameS.
The bus was an cid dilapidated
contraption. built In 1923. The testi-
mony so far taken indicates that the
brakes were wholly inadequate. and
that the driver. although he seems to
have done everything possible to avert
the crash, was helpless when the
brakes did not take hold"
From accounts given by survivors of
the accident. ii was indicated that
the driver had experienced dificulty
with the brakes during the entire trip.
On two occasions, the testimony
showed. the driver had tried TO repair
the brakes.
When the bus reached the Main
street hill, 1t started down, out of
control and weaving from side to
side. Many Of the occupants
screamed and beat on the windows
with their fists A l5-year-old boy
Jumped before it crashed, escaping
with few bruises and abrasions.
Lands I'm Lumber Yard.
As the bus went up the ramp over
the tracks, II was apparent IL could
not negotiate the right-angle turn
down to the station plaza A moment
later, II went through the railing and
into the lumber yard below, landing
right side up.
Gasoline sprayed from the fuel
tanks and ignited. trapping the oecu-
pants inside. The fire spread 10 the
lumber yard and destroyed two blocks
of property along the Hudson River
front at loss estimated TO be
$3.50, 900.