4 Kids Hit By Truck While Boarding Indiana School Bus, 3 Killed, 1 Injured
The pickup truck failed to stop for the school bus that had out its stop sign as well as emergency lights blinking while four children crossed the road.
The pickup truck failed to stop for the school bus that had out its stop sign as well as emergency lights blinking while four children crossed the road.
The bus crash took place in an area that was known to be dangerous, where almost 70 over crashes have occurred in the past eight years.
The school bus driver’s record shows 14 license suspensions and 16 driving violations, although none bar him from driving a school bus in New Jersey.
Keeping an eye out for these types of actions and stopping a student before a situation escalates will enable school staff to maintain a safe environment.
The school bus driver, who was transporting passengers from East Brook Middle School, made an illegal U-turn on a busy roadway after missing an exit.
Prosecutors claim the driver was speeding and using his cell phone when the school bus drifted into oncoming traffic before hitting a pole and wrapping around a tree.
A 13-year-old Texas student took over behind the wheel while another student talked to police on the phone and comforted younger passengers.
The last three years’ worth of inspection records of a school bus that crashed and caught firing, killing two, have been sealed by the state of Iowa.
Investigators are trying to determine if the school bus was part of a recall that required electrical system repairs on certain 2005 models.
With repeated viewing of Campus Safety HQ’s new training scenarios, drivers develop skills to face problems that might occur.
Join Campus Safety and Stephen Lopez, Chief of the New Mexico State University Police Department to learn how to apply the KISUS (Keep It Simple Under Stress) principle so that emergency plans are easy to train, learn, and utilize.
New tracking technology is now available to help campus officials make the best decisions and keep students and staff safe when severe weather strikes.
