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Our team of enterprising editors bring years of experience covering the fleet industry. We offer a deep understanding of trends and the ever-evolving landscapes we cover in fleet, trucking, and transportation.  

News•by Staff•January 7, 2015

Kansas school bus drivers ask for summer unemployment benefits

During a legislative forum in Wichita, contracted drivers ask legislators to support a bill that would make them eligible to collect the benefits during summer break.

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News•by Staff•January 7, 2015

9-year-old struck by car passing school bus

The boy was dragged 80 feet and knocked unconscious when he was hit by a car while crossing the street on Tuesday in Lakewood, New Jersey.

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News•by Staff•January 7, 2015

School bus driver dies after bus crashes into tree

Edwin Rivera Dejesus, a driver for Monroe School Transportation in Rochester, New York, may have had a massive heart attack when the minibus he was driving sideswiped another school bus, police say. Eight students and one bus monitor were injured.

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News•by Staff•January 6, 2015

Teen who ran stop arm, fatally struck student, charged with homicide

Michael Shelly, the 18-year-old man accused of fatally striking a 16-year-old girl in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, last month as she walked to her stopped school bus, was arraigned on several charges, including homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangering.

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 InterMotive pre-trip module featuring an electronic circuit board and wiring connectors on a black background.
News•by Staff•January 6, 2015

InterMotive's New Pre-Trip Inspection Module

The module turns on and off all chassis-controlled exterior lights, enabling a solo operator to confirm that the lights are working properly before starting a trip.

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News•by Staff•January 6, 2015

School bus driver, student killed in bus-train collision

A bus driver in Larimore, North Dakota, was returning students home on Monday after school when he struck a train. He failed to yield to a stop sign, officials say. A 17-year-old girl was also killed and 12 students were injured.

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News•by Staff•January 5, 2015

Bus aide charged with attacking autistic student

Clara McGriff, a monitor in Polk County, Florida, allegedly hit the boy while he was restrained in a harness and pressed him against the side of a bus numerous times. She is facing child abuse charges and has been suspended without pay.

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News•by Staff•January 5, 2015

District apologizes for taking blind student’s cane as punishment

North Kansas City (Mo.) Schools apologized for confiscating a blind student’s cane last month and giving him a foam tube to use instead. The boy threw the cane into the air as he was tapping it to music while on the bus, and school officials thought he was getting violent.

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News•by Staff•January 5, 2015

Connecticut district saves $200K with propane school buses

Contractor All-Star Transportation acquired 51 Blue Bird Propane Vision Type C school buses to service Torrington Public Schools about two years ago when the district was looking to replace some of its older diesel school buses.

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News•by Staff•December 31, 2014

Special-needs kindergartner left alone on bus for 7 hours

A driver for North Thurston School District in Lacey, Washington, resigned last month after admitting to not completing a check of his bus. The 6-year-old boy was supposed to be dropped off at a day care center, but was found later that evening asleep on the bus.

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