The phone rang, and I looked down at the caller ID: “CHATTANOOGA TN.” I immediately knew the awful reason for the call, if not who the caller was. It was Tuesday, Nov. 22, the morning after the devastating school bus crash …
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Tragic incidents cause us to rethink everything we do and double down on measures we believe will make the system even safer.
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The agency releases a preliminary report with a few new details, including confirmation that the driver had been in two school bus crashes since the start of the school year.
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The report analyzes 15 years of crash data and surveys states’ requirements for school bus inspections and driver training.
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U.S. representatives from Tennessee and Maryland cite concerns from recent high-profile school bus crashes in their states.
Read More →Milagros Pena is charged with careless and reckless driving, and with driving too fast for road conditions, after she drove off the shoulder of a muddy roadway and the bus slid and overturned.
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The 2016 total of school bus sales in the U.S. and Canada, 40,925 units, is the highest mark for the industry in the past 10 years.
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News that drew the most traffic on the School Bus Fleet website in 2016 covered fatal crashes, a driver protest, and a bus facility fire.
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The national legislation is introduced by a Tennessee congressman in the wake of the fatal school bus crash in Chattanooga.
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A preliminary report finds that Glenn Chappell had hypertension, diabetes, and seizures, and in the past five years had been involved in at least 12 crashes or incidents while driving a school bus or personal vehicle.
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