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Newsby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 12, 2016

School Bus Driver Killed, 15 Students Injured in Crash at Airport

Kari Chopper is preparing to leave the Denver International Airport when she apparently makes a wrong turn, crashes into a pillar, and is killed. Fifteen students and three coaches are injured in the crash.  

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Newsby StaffSeptember 8, 2016

Student Fatally Struck By School Bus

As a 12-year-old boy in Wisconsin walks home from the first day of school, he crosses an intersection and is hit and killed by a school bus, which is making a turn into the intersection.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 1, 2016

High Schooler Killed in School Bus Crash With Truck

In Valdosta, Georgia, a tractor-trailer carrying metal beams collides with a school bus. More than a dozen students are injured in the crash — one fatally.

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Newsby StaffAugust 23, 2016

School Bus Driver Dead, 7 Students Injured in Crash

Roy Newman of Georgia is driving students to school Monday morning when his bus leaves the road and crashes head-on into a tree. All the students aboard are treated for injuries.

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Newsby StaffAugust 9, 2016

District Undergoes School Bus Safety Overhaul

In response to a safety review, Knox County (Tenn.) Schools directs funds to hire a safety manager, install surveillance cameras in new school buses, and ensure that spare buses have a radio system.

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Newsby StaffAugust 9, 2016

Students Trained in Surviving a School Bus Crash

Florida fire rescue staff simulate a school bus crash, flipping a school bus onto a car. They advise students to look for traffic when exiting, stick together, and stay close to be accounted for.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJuly 7, 2016

NTSB: Students Killed in Houston Crash Were Not Wearing Lap Belts

Investigators find that when a Houston ISD school bus was struck by a car and fell from an overpass last year, the four teens on the bus were not buckled up, and the two who died in the crash were ejected.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJune 16, 2016

Houston District Makes 3-Point Belt Use Mandatory

Last fall, Houston ISD committed to including three-point belts on its new school buses. Now, the school board decides to require students to wear them.

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Newsby StaffMay 31, 2016

Teen Driver Killed in Crash With School Bus

A pickup truck driven by a 16-year-old student in Altoona, Alabama, collides with a school bus. The teen is killed, and the bus driver and aide are injured.

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Newsby StaffMay 25, 2016

Man Accused of Striking 2 Students Exiting School Bus

Randy Allen Payne of Washington allegedly hits two teenage girls with his SUV as they cross the street. He faces several charges, including DUI. The girls are being treated for serious injuries.

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