Stretch limos should get side-impact protection, passenger safety training, task force recommends People mourn at the site of the fatal limousine crash in Schoharie two days after the Oct. 6, 2018 ...

They're still called limo companies, but they don't use limos for the most part." On the passenger end of things, the 2008 financial crisis was an important factor in the limo's decline, said ...

Once a symbol of affluence, the stretch limo has largely fallen out of favor as the rise of Uber and Lyft, the Great Recession and new regulations hastened a shift to chauffeured vans and S.U.V.s.

ALBANY - The state's stretch limousine passenger safety task force is meeting Thursday to discuss details of its final report on the 2018 limo crash in Schoharie that killed 20 people.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed several bills this week, including the reconvening of the stretch limousine passenger safety task force.. The task force was implemented in 2022, in response ...

The 2001 stretch Ford Excursion limousine involved in the 2018 limo crash in Schoharie. The brakes on the massive, 34-foot limo failed on Oct. 6, 2018 as it was going down a steep section of Route ...

A new law in New York now requires stretch limousine operators to provide passengers with a safety presentation before their trip begins. The briefing will cover essential safety features of the ...

In 1985, 6,500 stretch limos were sold in the US. The recession of the early ’90s slowed the pace, but manufacturing grew again to 5,700 units produced in 2000.

The limo was traveling on a downhill stretch of road when it went through an intersection and crashed into a parked Toyota Highlander in Schoharie, a town about 40 miles away from Albany.