The federal government says it is cracking down on bus companies, like the one involved in last week's fatal crash in Sherman.

But one man says it's too little, too late.

He learned the hard way, when a truck crash, less than a mile away, four years earlier, claimed his wife and three children.

While most of the nation felt shock and sympathy for the victims of last week's bus crash in Sherman, Mike Martin felt something more - deja vu. A truck crash killed his entire family.

"The similarities between the companies in the bus crash and the one we dealt with are shockingly similar," he said.

Four years ago in September, Martin lost his wife, his mother-in-law and three sons when a semi truck driver, using illegal drugs, crossed the median on Highway 75 and killed a total of 10 people.

The truck driver got 10 years in prison.

Martin believes in his case, and very possibly in this latest one, the company owners are the real culprits.

"Basically, they started the second company because they ran afoul of the law with the first one. So they willingly broke the law to make a profit," he said.

What has him upset now is it's still happening. He's calling on the government and insurance companies to get tough now.

"Raise those liability limits, raise those limits to where you have to be a legitimate company to want to pay these limits - number 1. Number 2, we have to get more government oversight," Martin said.

He says he personally is blessed with a new wife and son and the second chance his first family never got. But he fears there will be more victims.

"With the price of fuel, these truck and bus companies that aren't legitimate, they aren't going to pay their drivers. They demand they drive longer, so to be honest with you, I think it's going to get worse," he said.

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