A reader sent us a link to the photograph below which, if you have been following our blog for the past month, you should recognize is the site of the tragic cruise excursion bus accident in Tortola in February. One young man died and several other passengers from a Princess Cruises cruise ship were injured as the bus sped down "Windy Hill"
crash dummy
Did Princess Cruises Check the Driving Record of Excursion Bus Driver, Crash Dummy?
By Jim Walker on
Posted in Maritime Death
A story in the BVI Platinum’s newspaper indicates that the cruise excursion bus driver Roland Allen, nick-named "Crash Dummy," had been convicted of driving offenses – including reckless driving – before the ill-fated Princess Cruises excursion bus crash.
We suspected this, as we raised this issue in a prior article "How Did Princess Cruises Excursion Bus Driver "Crash Dummy" …
How Did Princess Cruises Excursion Bus Driver “Crash Dummy” Earn His Nick Name? – Why Does He Have A Police Record?
By Jim Walker on
Posted in Maritime Death
In an article entitled "Taxi Driver Granted $60,000 Bail – License Suspended," BVI News in Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI) reports that the driver of the Princess Cruises excursion bus arrested for reckless driving and causing death by reckless driving has been offered bail in the amount $60,000. The Magistrate set bail of $25,000 cash and a $35,000 surety.
BVI citizen…