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Newsby StaffSeptember 15, 2015

Texas school bus crash kills 2 students

The Houston school bus is hit by a motorist, then hits a guardrail, falls off a freeway overpass and lands overturned on the road below. The crash kills two students and injures two others, as well as the bus driver.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJuly 21, 2015

NHTSA updates school transportation fatality data

The federal agency’s latest report shows that, on average, about 33 school-age children die in school transportation-related crashes each year.

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Newsby StaffJune 12, 2015

School bus fatally strikes pedestrian

According to a preliminary investigation, a 58-year-old woman was crossing a street in Derwood, Maryland, when a school bus making a left turn struck her.

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A tragic reminder about texting and driving

A killer. That’s essentially what texting can become when it coincides with driving. That point was tragically reinforced by a fatal school bus crash in Knoxville, Tennessee, according to the police investigation.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJune 5, 2015

Police: School bus driver in fatal crash was texting

Investigators find that school bus driver James Davenport was distracted by texting during the time leading up to the Dec. 2 crash that killed three. Davenport died on June 1.

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Newsby StaffMay 21, 2015

Oregon school bus driver killed in head-on collision

Terilyn Morgan, a bus driver for First Student, was killed when her bus collided with a semi-truck. The one passenger aboard the bus, Gary Randolph, is hospitalized and in critical condition.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMay 14, 2015

Pedestrian killed in collision with school bus

Witnesses tell investigators that the bus driver was turning left on what appeared to be a green arrow when the collision with the pedestrian occurred.

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Newsby StaffMay 14, 2015

NTSB opens docket on fatal motorcoach-truck crash

Both drivers and eight motorcoach passengers were killed in the 2014 collision in California. The motorcoach was transporting high school students to Humboldt University for a campus tour.

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Newsby StaffApril 8, 2015

School bus driver killed by car in parking lot accident

Bonny Novack, who drove for Easton (Pa.) Area School District, was struck by her own car, which rolled and pinned her against another car in a parking lot near the district’s bus depot.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 31, 2015

Officer honored for response to fatal school bus crash

When two school buses collided in East Knoxville, Tennessee, School Resource Officer Trish Ward helped evacuate students and reunite them with their parents.

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