On July 27, 2012 a party
bus traveling on highway 17 going to Santa Cruz was the scene of a accident. The bus was carrying Natasha Noland and fellow
passenger’s home to Santa Cruz. A fight broke out between the
25-year-old Noland and a 20-year-old woman from Felton.
Natasha
Noland some how toppled out of the door of the moving bus and died.
According to California Highway Patrol they had a hard time
questioning the passengers, because everyone except the driver was
drunk. Noland's boyfriend, Bryan Jeffrey Larson, 33, of Santa Cruz
was arrested after he kicked an officer several times and kicked out
the window of a patrol car. Along with Larson, Hunter John
Richardson, 19, of Santa Cruz, was arrested on charges of public
intoxication and obstructing officers. Officers seized the black,
1998 Ford bus and plan to contact the 12 to 15 people believed to
have been on board. Several passengers fled the scene some were
suspected of being underage drinkers. The authorities are still
trying to piece together what happened. Two years ago teenager Brett
Studebaker was killed on Highway 101 near San Mateo in a car crash
after leaving a party bus, after a night of heavy drinking.
Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, describes party buses as "Booze
cruises, a party on wheels." He has authored a bill to rein in
the party bus companies and make them assume responsibility for their
passengers, including minors drinking on board. Party Buses have
become very popular in the Bay Area cities. They shuttle teenagers
and adults to hot spots, nightclubs and bars in big-cities. Some
buses cater to bachelor or birthday parties while others bring
together strangers for a pub crawl or ride to a concert. These party
bus riders have become more rowdy. The City of Walnut Creek has made
it known that party buses are not welcome in their town. The
residents of Campbell have blamed the rowdiness of their new downtown
partly on the party bus. In San Francisco a North Beach Club called
Monroe is no longer permitting patrons from party buses to come
inside. The owner Nader Marvi told KTVU. "I
know of incidents where there is, let's say, 25, 30 guys who come
into the club to cause problems. Security gets involved, and the
security is outnumbered. They start beating up on security guards."
I
think there should be employees from the party bus company on board
to make sure things don’t get out of hand. If it does than the
party bus company should have the right to return the patrons back to
where they started without them knowing. This should be in every
party bus company contract. It was a sad situation what happened to
Natasha Noland. It is not surprising something like this was bound to
happen. Put a bunch of drunken idiots together, who have been
partying all night is a recipe for disaster. I don’t think it’s
the party bus that is the problem. It is the people who choose to get
out of hand. The bill Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo is trying
to get passed I think will help the party bus companies adhere to a
better and safe practice. Not just make it about the money they
generate.
LM
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