Bus Briefs — 4/15/09
Seating chart helps highway patrol after bus crash CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Missouri Highway Patrol troopers who responded to a crash last w...
Seating chart helps highway patrol after bus crash
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Missouri Highway Patrol troopers who responded to a crash last week involving a school bus and a car were able to easily identify the students who had been riding the bus thanks to the driver’s seating chart. The bus driver had labeled each seat with the children’s names. To read the full story, click here.
Student charged for allegedly attacking bus driver
OTEGO, N.Y. — A 14-year-old student was charged with second-degree assault last week for allegedly assaulting his bus driver. The student was reportedly upset that the driver did not concede when his younger brother told her to stop the bus en route. To read the full story, click here.
Solider saves girl hit by motorist while leaving school bus
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — Pfc. Seth Manderscheid recently received an Army Commendation Medal for saving the life of a 7-year-old girl who was hit by a motorist as she disembarked her school bus. Upon noticing that the girl was unconscious, Manderscheid performed CPR until an ambulance arrived. To read the full story, click here.
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