and you thought you were having a bad day with your bus...

[eagle19952]

I managed to get our seatbelts undone.

It would not have been the outcome here....Seatbelts save lives.

[boxcarOkie]

They've updated the story and included some passenger quotes. Does seem that the thing rolled-over, possibly multiple times:


Passengers on a coach which left the road in high winds and rolled down an embankment have recalled their terror as the bus overturned towards a loch.

The tour coach, which came off the A83 in Argyll at the Rest and Be Thankful at about 14:10 on Thursday, came to rest on its wheels beside Loch Restil.

Of the 52 people on board, 23 were taken to hospital, where 18 remain.

Dave Russell, from London, and Wendy Bysouth, from Kent, said they thought the coach was going to hit the water.
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Ms Bysouth described the scene on the coach, which was owned and operated by Lochs and Glens Holidays, as it began to overturn.

She said: "All of a sudden I just felt the coach just move and start to roll and as it was rolling people were going up in the air, the windows were breaking, the curtains were going and we were getting nearer and nearer the loch.

"That's all I can remember, thinking, one more roll and we're in the loch, and it was so, so frightening."

Mr Russell said it was fortunate the bus did not end up in the loch.

"When it flipped over, I was looking at that water. I thought we were going in and there was no way we would have got out if it had gone in," he said.

"It hit the embankment and luckily, after that, I managed to get our seatbelts undone.

"We got out the window and I dialled 999 and got the emergency services, luckily, because the minute I finished the phone call the connection went."

On Thursday, Road Policing Inspector Adam McKenzie said: "A tour bus which was heading through Argyll was struck by a very strong gust of wind which unfortunately blew it on to the muddy verge, causing the bus to flip on its side and roll down the hill coming to a rest at the side of Loch Restil."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-32082475

How refreshing.  Someone quotes from a source and then includes the source with a link.  That is a new wrinkle around here for sure.

Thanks,

BCO

[TedCalvert]

"  'I managed to get our seatbelts undone.'

It would not have been the outcome here....Seatbelts save lives."


I sure do agree with that!

[gumpy]

Maybe with the steep bank, the roof never actually supported any weight as it rolled, but rather just sort of flipped or bounced. I'd say probably only one roll.
Doesn't look like enough room between it and the roadway for more than one.

[gumpy]

I think I figured out the cause, too. Someone reversed everything. The door is on the wrong side of the bus, which means the driver probably was on the right side! I'm
sure that disorientation was a primary cause!