martes, 2 de octubre de 2012

11-year-old girl was killed when she fell out of a party bus window

An 11-year-old girl was killed when she fell out of a party bus window while celebrating a family member's birthday. It happened shortly after 6:30 pm as the bus was turning the corner at Southwest Harrison and First Street in downtown Portland. The girl's uncle identified her as Angie Hernandez. He said she was on the party bus with family members for a cousin's quinceañera, which is a celebration for a girl's 15th birthday. "She was really a sweet, sweet girl, so nice," said Angie's uncle. "I don't know why that happened." Police believe the girl leaned against the emergency exit window as the bus turned a corner. The window opened, and the girl fell out. Five Star Limousine, the Vancouver company that owns the party bus, said the emergency window is normally secured with two latches. It is unclear why the window was able to swing open when the bus turned the corner. "We don't know exactly how it happened," said Rick Lycksell, the company's general manager. "It's a horrible, horrible mistake and it really saddens and hurts all of us that this happened." Lycksell said the company will get rid of the party bus as soon as police finish processing it as evidence. He said the company has never had problems with the emergency window on the bus before. "The way that these are, you barely touch the levers to release them for an emergency," said Lycksell. "It's not supposed to cause an emergency. It's just not something that anyone would have thought could have happened." The <b>...</b>
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