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Last Fall, a Big Red Bullet Bus Crashed, Killing an Alumna. Now, the Driver Faces Homicide Charges and the Company is Out of Service.

By Sarah Skinner | March 19, 2019

Charles Dwight Dixon was behind the wheel of a Big Red Bullet bus when it veered off a Pennsylvania road last October, killing a Cornell alumna onboard. Dixon — who had traces of cocaine in his system the night of the crash, hospital testing revealed — will go to trial on 26 charges, including homicide by vehicle while under the influence and involuntary manslaughter.

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Police: Big Red Bullet Bus Driver Said He ‘Fell Asleep at the Wheel’ Before Crash That Killed Cornell Alumna

By Sarah Skinner | October 17, 2018

The driver of the Ithaca-to-New-York-City bus that crashed, killing Rebecca Blanco M.B.A. ’17, told police that he “fell asleep at the wheel,” a Pennsylvania state trooper told The Sun on Wednesday.

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Cornell Alumna Dies in Bus Crash on Way From Ithaca to New York City

By Sarah Skinner | October 16, 2018

Rebecca Blanco M.B.A. ’17, of Vacaville, Calif., was killed in the crash, authorities confirmed.