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Newsby StaffOctober 5, 2012

School bus plunges off overpass in Texas

A 7-year-old boy and two adults were recovering in a hospital from injuries they sustained in Thursday’s accident in San Antonio. Police say the bus fell about 15 feet to the access road below after colliding with a car.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2012

American Traffic Solutions wins contract with co-op

Under the five-year agreement, the company will provide its CrossingGuard school bus stop-arm violation photo enforcement system to the King County Directors Association, a purchasing cooperative that provides centralized procurement services for school districts in the state of Washington, as well as neighboring states.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2012

Cook-Illinois to expand use of Zonar telematics platform

The school bus contractor currently uses the platform on 900 buses and plans to use it on 1,300 additional buses by the end of this year. The technology is used to track vehicle mileage, speed, idling and stops, and some routes also utilize Zonar’s electronic vehicle inspection report and ZPass for tracking students.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2012

School bus driver picks up stranded Israeli journalists

An SUV carrying the press corps, in New York for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to the U.N. General Assembly, runs out of gas in a tunnel. One of the journalists calls the school bus driver who picks them up “our guardian angel driver.”

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Newsby Thomas McMahonOctober 3, 2012

Pupil transporters among 40 Sustainability All-Stars

Officials from Houston Independent School District, Mesa (Ariz.) Public Schools, and Wisconsin contractor Riteway receive the award at the Green Fleet Conference. Their efforts include implementing alternative fuels, increasing route efficiency and decreasing office energy consumption.

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Newsby StaffOctober 2, 2012

Man arrested for stalking girl at bus stop

The investigation by the Prince George’s County Police Department in Maryland reveals that Narciso Bonilla beeped his car horn and waved at the girl, and he also tried to speak with her. He is taken into custody after detectives set up a surveillance operation and witness him harassing her.

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Newsby StaffOctober 2, 2012

2 buses collide, 1 driver killed

San Antonio school bus driver Dolores Martinez is pronounced dead at the scene on Monday after she suddenly loses control of her bus and it hits another bus, then crashes into a fence. Officials are currently investigating the cause of the accident.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonOctober 2, 2012

Repeat wins for America's Best bus tech, inspector

Alan Fidler of Indiana's Tippecanoe School Corp. takes first in the 2012 national school bus technician competition. Jack Defibaugh of Greenbrier County (W.Va.) Schools wins the inspector competition. Both were also named America's Best in last year's event.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2012

School bus company goes blue for bullying prevention

More than 750 drivers, monitors and other employees at All-Star Transportation don blue T-shirts calling for students to “Be Nice on My Bus!” The move is part of the fourth annual Blue Shirt Day, the World Day of Bullying Prevention.

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