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Dump truck falls on school bus
December 18, 2012
In last Friday’s accident in Englishtown, N.J., the truck apparently loses control and strikes an SUV before rolling over and landing on the small bus. The local fire company reports that there are no injuries.
Bullets found on school buses in Ohio, Florida
December 17, 2012
In Friday’s incident in Ohio, a student turns in what appears to be a .22 caliber bullet that was on the bus’ floor, and an investigation continues as to how the bullet got on the bus. In Monday’s incident in Florida, a 9 millimeter bullet is found on a bus, and a student comes forward and says it had fallen out of his pocket on the bus.
Tags: Florida, Ohio
Mechanic injured while working on school bus, later dies
December 17, 2012
The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office reports that John Friedas Joaquin Jr. was on an interstate repairing the disabled bus when a vehicle lost control and struck the rear of the bus, pinning Joaquin in the engine compartment. He is transported to a hospital where he undergoes surgery, but he ultimately passes away due to extensive blood loss from his injuries.
Rosco acquires Mirror Lite assets
December 13, 2012
Both companies provide school bus mirrors and other vision solutions. Rosco's Ben Englander says that "bringing the two organizations together will create efficiencies and synergies to help keep Rosco lean in today’s competitive environment."
Tags: mirrors
Inattention, poor maintenance cited in truck-train collision
December 13, 2012
An inattentive driver and faulty brakes were the probable cause of a fatal accident in which a heavy commercial truck struck a passenger train in the Nevada desert last year, the National Transportation Safety Board finds.
Border Patrol to step up bus inspections after pot found
December 13, 2012
A school bus driver and athletic coach discover 500 pounds of marijuana on a bus in Marfa, Texas. Officials for the U.S. Border Patrol Big Bend sector say they will now have canine units check three sides of school buses instead of just the downwind side when they’re stopped at checkpoints.
Tags: Texas
Bus driver fired, charged over toy gun flap
December 13, 2012
A police official says that the school bus driver was apparently joking around with the obviously fake gun when a student asked him about it. However, when word spread on the bus, it turned into something more serious.
Webasto, ESW integrate pollution-control technologies
December 13, 2012
Webasto Product North America’s engine-off heaters and ESW Group’s diesel particulate filters together can help to reduce vehicle exhaust emissions and the need to idle, company officials say. They also say that the combined technologies can help fleet owner/operators to obtain Diesel Emission Reduction Act funding for emission-control and idle-reduction equipment.
Police: Bus driver killed in crash wasn't belted
December 12, 2012
Louisiana State Police say it is suspected that a medical condition is the primary cause of the crash, in which the driver loses control of the bus and strikes several trees and a fence before traveling down an embankment. The driver "was not wearing her seat belt and was pronounced dead," police say.
Wash. lawmakers propose school transportation funding change
December 11, 2012
School bus services in the state would be paid for out of the transportation budget rather than the general fund to help legislators comply with a Supreme Court order to increase basic education funding for students. House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan says that any money for bus service would have to come out of revenue generated from a transportation funding package that lawmakers may put before voters next year.
During the training event at Michigan’s Van Buren Intermediate School District, emergency personnel practiced cutting open a school bus to simulate rescue efforts.
Overturned bus training an ‘eye-opener’ for staff
December 11, 2012
More than 80 people in Van Buren County, Mich., participate in an emergency training event that shows them what it feels like to be in an overturned school bus as well as one filled with smoke. Transportation Supervisor Mark Niewoonder shares details on the hands-on event and how it changed staff members’ perceptions.
District refines bus safety policy after student goes missing
December 10, 2012
In last Monday’s incident, the 6-year-old boy disembarks his bus at the wrong stop, but he’s found following a large-scale search. As part of the Calcasieu Parish (La.) Public School Board's new policy, children will have tags on their backpacks to ensure that they’re bus riders.
Mothers to be charged for boarding school buses
December 10, 2012
Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) Schools police say the women will be charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct for two separate incidents last week. In the first incident, a woman approaches a student on the bus with a baseball bat, and in the second incident, another woman allegedly starts cursing and screaming at the driver when she’s told to get off the bus.
First Observer security program on hiatus
December 10, 2012
HMS Co., which has administered First Observer since 2008, stops receiving funding, but the Transportation Security Administration has reportedly said that the program will be active again in the near future. Meantime, classroom training and other program functions have been placed on hold.
School bus driver spots stun gun
December 7, 2012
The driver notices the weapon in her rearview mirror and returns to a school, where police search the students. After a tip from another student, officers reportedly find the stun gun in the backpack of a 15-year-old, who now could be expelled.
All National Express safety directors earn certification
December 6, 2012
The school transportation company’s safety directors are all certified by the Institute for Safety and Health Management. The credential covers a broad range of safety principles, such as risk assessment and mitigation, ethics and law, health and wellness, and emergency preparedness.
Another bill aims to allow ads on Fla. school buses
December 6, 2012
Under the legislation, commercial advertisements that are “family and child friendly” could be placed on the exterior of a school bus. The idea has been proposed in Florida before but hasn’t passed.
Boy thrown over car after being struck by bus passer
December 6, 2012
Police say the boy escaped serious injury in Wednesday’s accident, with a captain from the Graham (N.C.) Police Department saying that the child “didn’t seem hurt at all.” Motorist Crystal Lashawn Clay is charged with passing a stopped school bus and careless and reckless driving.
Woman must wear 'fool' sign for incident on bus
December 5, 2012
Natasha Latrice Freeman boarded the bus in April and repeatedly struck her 11-year-old cousin and pulled the girl’s hair after a disagreement arose between the girl and Freeman’s son, according to the prosecutor in the case. She must wear for a week a sign that says, “I made a fool out of myself on a Bibb County Public Schools bus,” help wash a bus, serve five years on probation and pay $500 in attorney fees.
Tags: Georgia
The total of nine school bus loading/unloading fatalities in 2010-11 was an increase of one from the previous year. Photo by James Kraemer, 2safeschools.org
6 of 9 danger zone deaths were by other vehicle
December 5, 2012
The total of nine school bus loading/unloading fatalities in the 2010-11 school year was an increase of one from the previous year, according to the Kansas State Department of Education's forthcoming national report. Another noteworthy finding of the 2011-12 report is that all of the children killed were at least 10 years old.

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