US shuts down bus line after Va. crash kills 4

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal regulators have shut down East Coast discount bus service Sky Express after a crash in Virginia that killed four people and sent more than 50 others to hospitals.

The U.S. Department of Transportation issued an unsatisfactory safety rating and prohibited Charlotte, N.C.-based Sky Express from operating interstate transportation. It said in a statement Tuesday the bus company violated multiple federal safety regulations.

A Sky Express bus headed to New York City swerved off northbound Interstate 95 early Tuesday, hit an embankment and overturned about 30 miles north of Richmond.

The driver, Kin Yiu Cheung, was charged with reckless driving and police say his fatigue was a factor in the crash. Federal documents show the company has a particularly poor safety record.

Gail Parenteau, a spokeswoman for Sky Express, confirmed the so-called out-of-service order issued by the Transportation Department's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration but said the company had suspended service on almost all of its buses as soon as it learned of the accident.