CHILI, N.Y. — A bus crash in Chile on Thursday Incident that injured 28 people – someone died — mimicking another recent crash involving the same company, FlixBus. The company had another fatal accident in January in Lake George, north of Albany.

Edward Jazlowiecki, an attorney at Jazlowiecki and Jazlowiecki LLC, said he and three other attorneys represented all 16 passengers on the bus in the Lake George crash, including one person who died.

The driver in the Lake George crash was issued four citations: driving while tired, not wearing a seatbelt, unsafe lane change and speeding.

“The bus goes off the road, comes back, flips sideways – a mirror image of that – we know this guy fell asleep,” Jazlowiecki said.

The driver of Thursday’s bus crash on I-490 was issued the same four tickets. Jazlowiecki received a call about the accident on Thursday morning.

“’What are the facts?’ I said. They said, ‘It’s very similar to what we did in Lake George.’ “I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

Jazlowiecki plans to represent people in the bus crash in Chile, and since FlixBus’ North American headquarters is in Dallas, he said he will file the lawsuit in Texas, as he did in the pending lawsuit over the January FlixBus crash in Lake George.

When asked how the Texas tort injunction affects victim compensation here, Jazlowiecki said: “First, the accident happened in New York, so New York law will apply rather than Texas law.”

“Flix is ​​very – let me tell you they know what they are doing – they are limiting their liability by reducing the number of companies they do business with. and the companies they deal with are small mom-and-pop companies — they often have four or five buses — the scope for a single bus is limited to $5 million, which is ridiculous,” Jazlowiecki said.

One of those who died in the accident in Chile died, 4 were treated at Strong Memorial Hospital as of Friday evening, and the rest are expected to recover.

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