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Bus Driver Charged in Crash that Left 41 People Hurt in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Ghebry Figueroa faces charges for driving with revoked licenses and causing injuries to 41 passengers after a brake failure led to a crash in Green Bay, prosecutors said.
- On Tuesday, prosecutors charged Ghebry Figueroa following a Sunday charter bus crash in Green Bay that injured 41 of the 54 people on board.
- Authorities allege Figueroa operated without a valid license since 2017, and his company, Lucky Charter and Tours, lacks authorization to transport passengers for hire.
- Figueroa told investigators he attempted to "pump" the brakes, adding "the bus only slowed down slightly," before the vehicle left Interstate 43 and struck a snowbank.
- A judge set a $5,000 cash bond for Figueroa during a Tuesday hearing, while one victim testified from a hospital bed, "he messed up my life."
- Assistant District Attorney Lisa Kaster noted Figueroa is on probation for a 2024 aggravated revocation case and faces prior OWI convictions, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for April 1.
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Man accused of coach bus crash faces felony charges
GREEN BAY, Wis.– The man accused of crashing a coach bus in Green Bay now faces felony charges. 37-year-old Ghebry Figueroa faces two charges of operating a vehicle with a revoked license causing bodily harm. According to court documents show that Figueroa told officers that his brakes failed as he came down the exit ramp from I-43 to Webster Avenue Sunday afternoon. He allegedly crashed into an embankment between warehouses critically injuring …
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