The students and adults, returning from a field trip, evacuated and were not injured. The bus was equipped with lap-shoulder belts.
The agency issues a preliminary report on the fatal fire, but why the school bus driver and student couldn’t escape remains unclear.
The New York School Bus Contractors Association presents a new award to First Student’s Bobby DeLee, who evacuated his passengers after smelling smoke.
The state medical examiner finds that the driver and the student on board both died from “smoke and soot inhalation and thermal injuries” in the Dec. 12 school bus fire.
The school bus driver and one student were the only occupants. Authorities say it appears that the driver had backed into a ditch when the fire broke out.
Two Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools buses have caught fire in the past month. Authorities are investigating, and buses of the same type are being re-inspected.
This 7-minute program teaches students how to evacuate a school bus in an emergency. The video is a joint effort of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Johnston County Public Schools, and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
See how transportation departments evacuated residents — both people and pets — and prepared their buses to endure the massive storm.
The Florida district’s transportation team quickly secured 500 school buses to brace for the forecast 100 mph winds. Director Arby Creach gives a detailed account of the prep work — and how it paid off.
The storm caused widespread power outages, wind damage, and flooding in Florida and beyond. School buses pitched in for evacuations and braced for impact.
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