Lawyer plans to sue bus company over Chili accident victims; says the same company that was involved in a similar crash in January

CHILI, NY – A bus accident in Chili on Thursday that injured 28 people – one of whom died – is similar to another recent accident involving the same company, FlixBus. Back in January, the company had another fatal accident in Lake George north of Albany.

Edward Jazlowiecki, an attorney with Jazlowiecki and Jazlowiecki LLC, says he and three other attorneys are representing all 16 passengers who were on the bus in the Lake George crash, including one person who died.

The driver in the Lake George crash was issued four tickets: drowsy driving, no seatbelt, unsafe lane change and unreasonable speed.

“The bus goes off the road, comes back, turns on its side – a reflection of that – we know this guy fell asleep,” Jazlowiecki said.

The driver in Thursday’s bus crash on I-490 was issued the same four tickets. Jazlowiecki received a call about the accident Thursday morning.

“I said, ‘What are the facts?’ They said, ‘Very similar to what we did in Lake George.’ I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

Jazlowiecki plans to represent people in the Chile bus crash and says he will file the lawsuit in Texas, as he did with the pending lawsuit over January’s FlixBus crash in Lake George, where FlixBus North is headquartered America is located in Dallas.

Asked how the Texas tort measure affects victim compensation here, Jazlowiecki said: “First, the accident occurred in New York, so New York law will apply, not Texas law.”

“Flix is ​​very, very – let me say, they know what they are doing – they limit their liability by reducing the companies they work with. and the companies they work with are small mom and pop companies – they typically have four or five buses – their coverage is limited to $5 million on a single bus, which is ridiculous,” Jazlowiecki said.

As for the victims of the Chili crash, one passenger has died, four others were in guarded condition at Strong Memorial Hospital Friday night and the rest are expected to recover.

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