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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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Newsby StaffMarch 26, 2015

Boy in fatal accident may have re-entered path of bus

Witnesses said Jonathan A. Chatham re-entered the path of the bus as it began moving forward, according to a school district statement. A relative of the boy has disputed this account.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2015

Boy fatally struck by school bus

A 10-year-old Kentucky student cleared the bus after being dropped off at his stop but somehow went into the ditch line, officials said.

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Newsby StaffMarch 5, 2015

Students, bus driver injured in fatal crash

A truck apparently collided head-on with a car, then careened head-on into an Orondo (Wash.) School District bus, injuring some students, the bus driver and the two truck occupants. The driver of the car was killed.

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