Feds shut down bus company serving Montana, North Dakota

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A spokeswoman for a Montana-based buscompany says workers are scrambling to
get customers to theirdestinations after federal authorities shut Rimrock Stages down.KjerstenForseth says
alternate transportation was being sought Saturday for anunknown number of stranded passengers. She says the
company servesMontana and North Dakota and typically has about 100 passengers on anygiven day on its 13
buses.One of the company’s buses crashed onicy Interstate 90 in Montana in January 2012, killing two people
andinjuring more than 30 others.Forseth says U.S. Department ofTransportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration ordered thecompany to stop hauling passengers late Friday following an inspectionat the
company’s headquarters in Billings.She didn’t have details concerning reasons for the shutdown and the
federal agency’s website didn’t list the company Saturday.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.BILLINGS,
Mont. (AP) — A spokeswoman for a Montana-based buscompany says workers are scrambling to get customers to
theirdestinations after federal authorities shut Rimrock Stages down.KjerstenForseth says alternate
transportation was being sought Saturday for anunknown number of stranded passengers. She says the company
servesMontana and North Dakota and typically has about 100 passengers on anygiven day on its 13 buses.One of
the company’s buses crashed onicy Interstate 90 in Montana in January 2012, killing two people andinjuring
more than 30 others.Forseth says U.S. Department ofTransportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration ordered thecompany to stop hauling passengers late Friday following an inspectionat the
company’s headquarters in Billings.She didn’t have details concerning reasons for the shutdown and the
federal agency’s website didn’t list the company Saturday.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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