Driver fired for leaving kids on school bus
wants unemployment
While transporting seven children in the grade range of grades 5 through 8, the
driver stopped the school bus and left it to cross the street to make a personal
appointment for car detailing at a business establishment.
Tragidy Stricks again...
A 4 year old little baby was left in the van for more then 8 hours by the
daycare van driver...the little boy died.
As I watched the news cast and saw his young parents grieving, I felt so sad
for them. They sent their newborn child off to daycare that morning never to
see him alive again.
Buses collide, pupils injured
Buses collide, pupils injured BY ALEX J. HAYES Times Night
Editor AND RICK FULTON Times Staff Writer Gettysburg Times |
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Several parents of students in Littlestown’s Rolling Acres Elementary
School are not happy with how a bus accident was handled Thursday
afternoon.
Two Littlestown School District buses collided in Maryland. Several
students were injured and the buses left the scene before police
arrived and students received medical attention, according to parents
who were chaperoning the trip to third grade trip to Washington, D.C.
Driver Crashes School Bus With 41 Kids
On Board
FHP: Driver Going Too Fast On Wet Dirt Road
POSTED: Friday, September 4, 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A school bus driver in Alachua County apparently
lost control of the bus she was driving and crashed into a tree, according to a
report by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Annie Ahmed, 62, was carrying 41 children on the bus at about 2 p.m.
Thursday on SW 122nd Street in Gainesville. FHP said she was traveling at
a rate of speed that was too fast for the conditions of the wet dirt road. The
report said the bus skidded back and forth before the right side struck a tree
on the east shoulder. Ahmed then made a controlled stop about 250 feet
from the tree, according to the report.
The bus was damaged on its right side and a window was shattered from the
impact with the tree.
Police said of the 41 children on board the bus, only five had minor injuries
from flying glass. They were all treated at the scene.
Ahmed was cited for driving too fast on a wet dirt road.
Seat belt or hospital bed
A school bus driver needs to be buckled in so he doesn't get
thrown out of his seat, but there are some drivers out there who
seem to be ignoring this message, as evidenced by the fatal
Huntsville, Ala., bus crash in 2006. The driver was not wearing
his seat belt.
EXCLUSIVE: Industry officials respond
to Huntsville crash report
Mike Martin of NAPT and Charlie Hood of NASDPTS agreed with the NTSB assertion that an event
data recorder on the school bus would have provided valuable information on the Huntsville crash.
Following the release of the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) report on the fatal
Huntsville, Ala., school bus crash, two top industry officials shared with SBF their perspectives on the
agency’s findings.
Charlie Hood, president of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services
and the state director in Florida, said that “there are some important takeaways” in the NTSB briefing.
One is the confirmation that the bus driver was not wearing his seat belt. Although NTSB did not
determine whether the driver’s ejection from the bus contributed to the loss of vehicle control and the
crash, Hood said that “it’s fair to say that this crash investigation will help trainers and supervisors
reinforce this important safety requirement when training bus operators or monitoring their
performance.
“The few school bus operators who don’t wear their belts, or don’t wear them properly, must be
reminded that in a school bus environment in particular, the safety belt not only helps prevent crash
injuries, it helps prevent crashes in the first place by keeping drivers in their seats and in control of the
bus,” Hood said.
316.6145 School buses; safety belts or other restraint systems required.
(1)(a) Each school bus that is purchased new after December 31, 2000, and used
to transport students in grades pre-K through 12 must be equipped with safety
belts or with any other restraint system approved by the Federal Government in a
number sufficient to allow each student who is being transported to use a
separate safety belt or restraint system. These safety belts must meet the
standards required under s. 316.614. A school bus that was purchased prior to
December 31, 2000, is not required to be equipped with safety belts.
(b) As used in this section, "school bus" means a school bus that is owned,
leased, operated, or contracted by a school district.
(2) Each passenger on a school bus that is equipped with safety belts or restraint
system shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt at all times while
the bus is in operation. The state, the county, a school district, school bus
operator under contract with a school district, or an agent or employee of a
school district or operator, including a teacher or volunteer serving as a
chaperone, is not liable in an action for personal injury by a school bus passenger
solely because the injured party was not wearing a safety belt.
(3) The state, the county, a school district, school bus operator under contract
with a school district, or an agent or employee of a school district or operator,
including a teacher or volunteer serving as a chaperone, is not liable in an action
for personal injury by a school bus passenger for an injury caused solely by
another passenger's use or nonuse of a safety belt or restraint system in a
dangerous or unsafe manner.
(4) In implementing the provisions of this section, each school district must
prioritize the allocation of buses equipped with safety belts or restraint system to
ensure that elementary schools within the district receive first priority. A school
district may enter into agreements to provide transportation pursuant to this
section only if the point of origin or termination of the trip is within the district's
boundaries.
School Bus Accident Demonstrates Why
Drivers Need To Protect Children From
Unexpected Injuries
A freaky and downright scary news story caught my
attention regarding a Louisiana school boy who was thrown from an open door of a
school bus-- should cause us to pause and reconsider the type of people who are driving
our kids to and from school everyday.
Apparently the five-year-old was thrown from the open accordion door to the street
pavement as the driver was in the process of making a turn. The school bus driver had
forgotten to shut the door of the bus after he had opened it to check a railroad crossing.
School Bus Crash
School Bus Slams Into Snow Plow Injuring 22 Kids, Driver
SAVANNAH, N.Y. — A school bus carrying fifth- and sixth-graders slammed into the
back of a town snowplow on a central New York road, injuring 22...
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Colorado Springs School Bus Crashes Off Icy Highway, 12 Hurt
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado authorities say a bus carrying middle school
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School Bus Accident Sends 11 Students To Hospital, Injures Another
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Students Injured in Richmond Bus
Accident
Six students were taken to the emergency room on Monday after their bus hit a tree in Richmond,
Missouri. Missouri Highway Patrol said that the driver of the bus failed to negotiate the curve and
crashed into the tree.
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Three Dead In Mississippi School Bus Crash
Operator got distracted and took eyes off road for just a second and this happened.
A school bus driver got distracted. That’s what
Highway Patrol officers say caused an accident that sent 12
elementary school kids to the hospital.
KENANSVILLE, N.C. -
The accident happened around 7:15 this morning along
Ralph Sutton road, just outside of Mt. Olive."Driver in school
bus accident fired
Roberts, 64, of Littlestown, was one of the two bus
drivers involved in the Littlestown school bus incident
on Oct. 21, when a district school bus rear-ended
another district bus while returning home from a field
trip to Washington, D.C.
Intoxicated bus driver well over legal limit
The blood alcohol level of a West Fargo school bus driver arrested in early February was
well past the legal limit, the West Fargo Police Department said Saturday.
The blood alcohol level of a West Fargo school bus driver arrested in early February was
well past the legal limit, the West Fargo Police Department said Saturday.
West Fargo Police said Steven C. Sauer had a blood alcohol level of 0.27 percent when
he drove a school bus into a snowbank in the 100 block of 32nd Avenue on Feb. 2.
MILWAUKEE -- A 23-year-old man is dead after the truck he was
driving was struck by a tire that fell off a school bus in Racine
County.
The sheriff's department said a school bus was traveling on State
Highway 20 near State Highway 75 on Saturday afternoon when
its two rear wheels fell off. One of the tires hit the front of a pickup truck driving in the opposite direction.
CLERMONT, Fla. -- Authorities say a school bus rear-ended
another school bus outside a central Florida school, but no students
were seriously injured.
The Florida Highway Patrol reports that 45-year-old Pamela Clare
Hamlin's bus hit the bus in front of her outside East Ridge High
School in Lake County Friday afternoon. Hamlin told troopers her
foot became wedged between the accelerator and the brake.
A total of 62 passengers were counted on the two buses. Several
students complained of minor injuries, but no one was taken to the
hospital.
Hamlin was cited with careless driving.
FHP to probe Gadsden County school bus
crash that injured dozens of students
2010-03-10 05:45:49 (GMT) (JusticeNewsFlash.com - Justice News Flash, bus accidents)
Gadsden County, FL (News)—A school bus was involved in a
single-vehicle crash Monday, March 8, 2010, sending dozens of
students to area hospitals to be treated for injuries ranging from
minor to critical. The West Gadsden High School bus was
reportedly en route to the Boys & Girls Club in Chattahoochee
when the horrifying incident occurred, according to information
provided by Tallahassee.com.
Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) authorities reported that the
northbound bus was traveling on Lincoln Drive at approximately
3:15 p.m. when it veered off the roadway for unknown reasons.
Upon doing so, the school bus struck a tree head-on, consequently
crushing its front end. Forty-one students were on the bus when the
motor vehicle collision (MVC) happened.
Emergency medical services (EMS) crews responded to the scene
to transport the injured students to area hospitals to be treated by
medical professionals. Two students were transported to
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in critical condition, while six
others were also taken to TMH to be treated for undisclosed
injuries. A triage unit was assembled at Florida State Hospital as a
means of facilitating treatment for the remaining injured bus riders.
The exact number of students who required medical treatment was
not immediately known, although a spokesperson for TMH
allegedly noted that the hospital treated around 20 injured children.
The bus driver, identified as 40-year-old Timothy Kelly, suffered
serious injuries in the accident. Speed was not believed to be a
factor in the crash and no charges have been filed in connection
with the crash as of yet. Investigations are underway.
Florida School Bus Accidents — More Common
than You Might Think
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Article provided by Boca Raton Car Accident Attorney Law Offices of Corey Leifer, P.A.
The first time Matthew Magness was hit by a bus, he
was the passenger in a vehicle that was struck by a
school bus driver who failed to yield the right of way.
In the accident, Matthew sustained injuries to his right
leg, shoulders, neck and back.
113 days later, Magness was driving on U.S. 19 near
Clearwater and Largo when a Pinellas County school
bus struck him. Again, the bus driver was at fault,
having ignored the right of way in making a left turn
across traffic.
With the injuries from his last encounter with a school
bus still fresh, and now reaggravated, Magness
decided that enough was enough. On November 12, he
filed a complaint in Circuit Court, seeking at least
$15,000 in damages.
While lightning may have struck twice in the case of
Matthew Magness, bus accidents, themselves, are not
uncommon in Florida. In December 2009, a Citrus
County bus driver rear-ended the car driven by a
Lecanto man. The force of the bus drove his car off the
road and he was taken to the hospital with serious
injuries.
The previous November, a police officer and 11-yearold student were injured when a Hardee County school
bus turned left in front of them, causing them to
collide with the side of the bus and spinning their car
around.
Two school buses collide, injuring 4 students
Yesterday in Brevard County, the driver of a school bus for the
Imagine Charter School in West Melbourne was transporting
24 students when he rear-ended another school bus. The accident
occurred just before 8 a.m. February 2 in Palm Bay.
"The Imagine school bus rear ended the other bus,'' said a reporter
from Palm Bay, according to the Orlando Sentinel. "A total of 24
children were on board the Imagine school bus which is contracted
through ANS Transportation out of Naples."
According to police, the 71-year-old driver failed to stop in time at
an intersection, which caused her to rear-end the second school bus
that was stopped there. No children were on the second bus.
Four injured children were taken to the hospital, and the driver was
cited for failure to use due care while driving.
Because of the size and momentum of the large vehicles, any
commercial vehicle accident can result in serious or even lifeending injuries. Please take extra care whenever you see a school
bus on the road.
A December 2009 school bus accident in Lecanto, Florida,
was the result of the driver speaking on her two-way radio,
which drivers are trained to use for official communications
while transporting students. This activity caused her to
drive into the back of one vehicle ahead of her, which was
stopped at a red light. In turn, this vehicle hit the car
ahead of it. The driver of the rear-ended vehicle was sent
to the emergency room with serious injuries, while several
students on the school bus were treated for minor injuries.
If a driver can be so detrimentally distracted while using
equipment they are trained to use while driving, how much
more distracted could they be by using a cell phone or
handheld mobile device while on the road?
Without the laws in place to enforce safety, only a personal
commitment to attentiveness can keep drivers and their
passengers safe from reckless driving
accidents. Motorists can help ensure the
safety of schoolchildren by following all
school bus traffic laws, such as coming to a complete stop
when students are boarding or leaving a bus. You can also do your part by petitioning
for legislation which would make it illegal for school bus drivers to operate handheld
devices while driving, and stricter penalties for reckless bus driving.
PBC School Bus drivers are the worst drivers I have seen in FL. I am not sure how these
people get the licence to driver. Some of them are physically unfit to drive a commercial
vehicle. I know a few folks in south compound who are high during day while driving the
bus.
What do you expect? This should open our eyes. Abolish the FPSU union.... Union is
protecting such irresponsible drivers. Fire all of them. Give the school transportation to
PalmTran. Saves life,Saves money.Win-win situation.
Pair of Palm Beach school bus accidents a reminder of
dangers faced by motorists and passengers
The bus driver blamed for a Palm Beach school bus accident
has twice been disciplined and has received three speeding
tickets in his three years as a bus driver for the school
district, the Sun-Sentinel reported.
The 54-year-old driver struck a 17-year-old as he was
crossing Seminole Pratt-Whitney Road, according to the
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. The youth was listed in
fair condition at S. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm
Beach on Thursday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports
more than half of all fatal accidents involving school buses
are pedestrian accidents or accidents that occur while a
passenger is getting on or off the bus. It is incumbent upon
school districts and busing companies to be proactive in
protecting the safety and welfare of passengers and the
public, and that includes properly monitoring the driving
records of bus drivers.
DUNNELLON --
A minor school bus accident occurred between the bus and
a red utility trailer that was being pulled by a pick-up truck
Friday afternoon in Dunnellon.
According to the report, Laurier Dostie, Jr. 62, was driving
westbound on W. Dunnellon Road just east of Oakleaf
Terrace in a pick-up truck, which was pulling a red utility
trailer.
The school bus was being driven by a longtime 86-year-old
school district bus driver eastbound on W. Dunnellon Road
with 14 students on board.
Officials say the bus' driver-side front wheel made contact
with one of the utility trailer's tires.
No injuries or damage to either vehicle was reported.
The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is investigating the
incident.
CLAY & ST. JOHNS COUNTIES, Fla. -- Two people were
hurt in a school bus crash in St. Johns County Wednesday
morning. It happened in front of Nease High School on Ray Road.
The bus hit a truck. Only two students were on the bus at the time
of the accident. They were not hurt. The bus driver, and the driver
of the pickup truck were both hurt and taken to the hospital with
minor injuries.
Child dies after school bus accident
Lafayette Parish sheriff’s deputies are continuing their investigation
into a fatal Monday morning school bus accident.
Lederion Miller, 6, was killed after he got caught in the bus door and
was dragged about 20 feet.
The bus driver, Harold Thibeaux, has been a contract driver with the
school system for about 20 years. He has been placed on leave
pending the outcome of the police investigation.
The bus was on its way to Milton Elementary. A counseling crisis
team has been sent to the school immediately. Counselors are talking
to each of the 19 students who were on the bus, as well as their
parents, about what happened.
Counselors are also talking to the students in the child’s class. His
teacher is calling the families of the students in his class.
School system staff members were on the scene this morning, and
some staff members also were at the hospital with the student’s
family.
Bus driver fined for 'ignoring another
bus' flashing lights'
POWASSAN, Ontario — Wendy Sue Restoule has six months to pay
$250 for a fine and costs for an incident last year wherein she
"ignored the flashing lights of another school bus," the North Bay
Nugget reports.
On Jan. 5, 2010, a bus was stopped on a highway with its red lights
flashing. Restoule, who was driving a school bus, approached the
bus from behind and passed it.
Restoule was initially charged with failing to stop for a school bus — a
violation punishable by a fine of up to $2,000 and six demerit points.
However, ahead of her trial, a plea was entered on her behalf to the
lesser charge of disobeying a traffic control signal in her lane,
according to the North Bay Nugget.
11 School bus driver allegedly runs over girl, keeps
going
An Odebolt-Arthur school bus driver is accused of running over and leaving
a seven-year-old girl who had just gotten off the bus.
The incident occurred last week in Odebolt.
The driver, Carolyn Mortensen, 56, of Wall Lake, called 911 and radioed the
school. But she did not stop to help the child and continued on with her
route, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case.
Bus Driver sent and received over a 1000 text messages
Bus
driver: Evelyn Guzman turned herself in to police and has been
charged with risk of injury to a minor and second-degree reckless
endangerment
A school bus driver has been arrested after being caught on video
film using her phone to send dozens of text messages while
driving.
Evelyn Guzman, from Stratford, Connecticut, has been charged
with risk of injury to a minor and second-degree reckless
endangerment.
Police in Connecticut revealed the 47-year-old sent and received a
total of 1,068 text messages during a month.
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Ex-school bus driver charged with asking kid for sex
A Columbus school-bus driver who resigned after being accused of
offering to pay a child for sex was indicted yesterday.
Hervie Jackson, 52, of the Near East Side, was charged with a
felony count of compelling prostitution and importuning soliciting sex from a minor.
Drunk Bus Driver sentenced to six months behind bars.
A Harrison man who drove a school bus drunk has been sentenced
to six months behind bars.
Dahlheimer was at the wheel of a Northwest Schools bus last
October dropping kids off at school before he collided with other
vehicles in the parking lot.
Police later found he was intoxicated to the tune of six times above
Ohio's legal driving limit.
Dahlheimer had a previous DUI conviction in 1992.
2 school buses in upstate NY accident; 5 hurt
Two school buses have been involved in an accident
in a western New York town, and at least four
children and an adult were taken to a hospital by
ambulance. The buses may have collided in the
accident reported shortly