No more charges against driver in fatal bus crash

BLANDING — The San Juan County attorney says no additional charges will be filed against the driver of a bus that crashed near Mexican Hat in January 2008, killing nine people.

Craig Halls says the speed of the bus may not have been excessive and a Utah Highway Patrol investigator reviewed video from the bus and found speed was not a factor in the crash that injured 43 people as they returned to Phoenix from a weekend ski trip in Telluride, Colo.

UHP Sgt. Rick Eldredge says he found the bus was traveling about 5 mph over the 65 mph speed limit.

An April report from the National Transportation Safety Board estimated the bus was traveling 88-92 mph when it rounded a bend on a rural two-lane Utah highway, crashed through a guardrail and rolled down an embankment.