Frank Lautenberg: “Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Nation's most deadly drunk driving crash. On the night of May 14, 1988, a bus…”

“Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Nation's most deadly drunk driving crash. On the night of May 14, 1988, a bus packed with sleeping children was driving south on Interstate 71 to the First Assembly of God Church in Radcliff, KY. Thirty-five girls, twenty-eight boys, and four adults were returning from a day at the King's Island amusement park near Cincinnati. According to newspaper accounts, the group said a short prayer before they began their return trip. I quote him. He said, ``Please grant us a safe trip. May God have his hand on this bus.'' That is what he prayed. But prayers were not enough that day. At 10:55 p.m., as the bus neared the northern Kentucky town of Carrollton, the driver of the bus spotted a pickup truck barreling north in his southbound lane. Moments later a collision and the bus burst into flames. Twenty-four children and 3 adults were killed in that devastating schoolbus crash, and 30 more were injured. The lives of so many families and friends were destroyed.”