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Floodwater bus case resolved in northwestern Arizona

This photo released by the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District shows a Las Vegas-bound tour bus lies on its side in a flooded desert wash near Dolan Springs, Ariz., Sunday, July 28 after being swept away by floodwaters amid heavy rains. The bus, which had left the Grand Canyon Skywalk glass bridge carrying 33 people, was pushed down the wash for an estimated 300 yards before it turned on its side and the passengers climbed out the driver’s side windows and walked onto the shore, according to fire officials. (Courtesy Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District)
This photo released by the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District shows a Las Vegas-bound tour bus lies on its side in a flooded desert wash near Dolan Springs, Ariz., Sunday, July 28 after being swept away by floodwaters amid heavy rains. (Courtesy Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District)
This photo released by the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District shows a Las Vegas-bound tour bus lies on its side in a flooded desert wash near Dolan Springs, Ariz., Sunday, July 28 after being swept away by floodwaters amid heavy rains. (Courtesy Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District)
This photo released by the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District shows a Las Vegas-bound tour bus lies on its side in a flooded desert wash near Dolan Springs, Ariz., Sunday, July 28 after being swept away by floodwaters amid heavy rains. (Courtesy Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District)
This photo released by the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District shows a Las Vegas-bound tour bus lies on its side in a flooded desert wash near Dolan Springs, Ariz., Sunday, July 28 after being swept away by floodwaters amid heavy rains. (Courtesy Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District)
A tow truck driver talks on his cell phone after assessing the location of a tour bus which was caught in flash flood waters and pushed down a wash about 300 yards from the road, Sunday, July 28, Dolan Springs, Ariz. None of the 33 passengers or driver returning to Las Vegas from a trip to the west rim of the Grand Canyon were hurt in the crash which happened as Northern Arizona was hit with a second day of heavy rain. (Courtesy Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District)
A tour bus lays on its side up against a bank of a wash, Sunday, July 28 near Dolan Springs, Ariz. The bus, which was carrying 33 passengers and on its way back to Las Vegas from the west rim of the Grand Canyon, was pushed 300 yards down the wash when the driver attempted to drive through flash flood waters flowing across the road. No one on the bus was hurt in the crash which happened as Northern Arizona was hit with a second day of heavy rain. (Courtesy Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District)
A tour bus lays on its side up against a bank of a wash, Sunday, July 28 near Dolan Springs, Ariz. The bus, which was carrying 33 passengers and on its way back to Las Vegas from the west rim of the Grand Canyon, was pushed 300 yards down the wash when the driver attempted to drive through flash flood waters flowing across the road. No one on the bus was hurt in the crash which happened as Northern Arizona was hit with a second day of heavy rain. (Courtesy Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District)
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By DAVE HAWKINS LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
November 25, 2014 - 12:21 pm
 

KINGMAN, Ariz. — A plea agreement is resolving the case against a Las Vegas man accused of foolishly driving a tour bus through raging floodwater in northwest Arizona.

Joseph Razon, 53, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor reckless driving charge in the July 28, 2013, incident, according to defense attorney Billy Sipe.

Razon and 32 passengers safely exited the C.H. Destinations tour bus after it was swept about 300 yards down a churning wash during a monsoon season storm. The group was attempting to return to Las Vegas after an excursion to the Skywalk at Grand Canyon West.

No one was injured in the incident which drew public attention to the dangers of trying to cross flooded washes during intense storm activity.

Sipe said Razon has paid a $500 fine and that the insurance company for the tour operator has reimbursed about $3,600 to public safety agencies involved in the passenger rescue effort.

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