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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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Newsby StaffFebruary 18, 2015

Family of girl fatally struck after exiting bus seeks $30M

The parents of Makayla Marie Strahle, an 11-year-old girl who was killed by a truck passing her school bus in Wyoming in 2011, file a wrongful death lawsuit against the school district.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2015

NTSB: Transportation fatalities dropped 3% in 2013

Fatalities in all modes of transportation totaled 34,678 in 2013, down from 35,796 in 2012, according to preliminary figures from the National Transportation Safety Board.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 10, 2015

Newly found footage of historic school bus accident to air

Home movie footage of a school bus being pulled out of a Kentucky river following what has been called the worst school bus accident in U.S. history will be shown as part of a film that is a follow-up to the 2009 documentary The Very Worst Thing.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 3, 2015

School bus driver killed, 13 students injured in Alberta crash

The bus, with 14 students on board, collided with a semi-truck on Monday. “The unthinkable happened this morning,” the school district superintendent says.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJanuary 15, 2015

TAPT: Bus stop bill could reduce safety, raise costs

The Texas Association for Pupil Transportation says a bill that would require home-side school bus stops would increase operating costs an estimated 30%, which could force districts to reduce bus service.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJanuary 13, 2015

Bill would require home-side school bus stops

Buses would have to load students on the side of the road that they live on — a requirement that research has shown would be costly — under a bill proposed in Texas.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2015

Man dies after school bus rolls on top of him

The Hazlet, Saskatchewan, man was repairing the bus. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are conducting a mechanical inspection of the bus.

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