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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2018

School Bus Driver Gets Jail Time for Student’s Death

In 2016, a Massachusetts student was dragged and then run over by Tendzin Parsons’ bus. Parsons is sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to negligent motor vehicle homicide.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 21, 2017

Medical Examiner: Iowa School Bus Fatalities Caused by Fire, 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.

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Newsby StaffDecember 21, 2017

Bus Driver Charged in Fatal Crash With Train in France

Authorities file preliminary charges of manslaughter and involuntary injury against the driver. Six students were killed in the crash.

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Newsby StaffDecember 20, 2017

Prosecutors Allege School Bus Driver in Fatal Tennessee Crash Was on Phone

New information indicates that the driver in the November 2016 Chattanooga crash took a phone call at the time, prosecutors say.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 18, 2017

6 Students Killed in Bus-Train Crash in France

At issue in the investigation is whether the safety barriers at the railroad crossing were open or closed when the bus moved onto the tracks.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 12, 2017

Iowa School Bus Fire Claims Driver, Student

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.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 5, 2017

1 Student Killed in School Bus Crash in Georgia

A 5-year-old girl dies and more than 20 students are injured when their bus runs off the road and hits a tree, authorities say.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonNovember 27, 2017

NTSB Weighs in on Transportation Fatality Increase

The agency reports that a total of 39,339 people died in accidents in all modes of transportation in 2016, up from 37,309 in 2015.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Thomas McMahonNovember 13, 2017

Struck-by-Bus Fatalities Are a Prime Target

Federal statistics show that more students outside the school bus are killed by the bus itself than by other vehicles.

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Newsby StaffNovember 10, 2017

Mother Fatally Struck While Dropping Daughter Off at School Bus

Kerry Mullins of South Carolina brings her daughter to her bus stop, walks into the road to talk to the bus driver, and is hit by a motorist.

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