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Newsby StaffDecember 9, 2011

NTSB to meet on fatal Mo. school bus crash

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday to determine the probable cause and consider proposed safety recommendations. In the August 2010 accident in Gray Summit, a school bus struck the back of a pickup truck and then was struck by another school bus. Two teens were killed.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2011

Woman arrested, charged in fatal stop-arm passing

No bond is set for the 51-year-old motorist who is accused of striking and killing a 17-year-old as she left her school bus on Tuesday. The district attorney says that the court “is concerned with the mental status of this client.”

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Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2011

Danger zone deaths drop to 8

The number of children killed in school bus loading and unloading accidents in the U.S. falls to the lowest level since the 2007-08 school year. According to the latest data, for 2010-11, four of the students were struck by their own bus, and four were struck by a passing vehicle.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 15, 2011

NTSB: Ban cell phone use for commercial drivers

Citing distraction from the use of a mobile phone by a truck driver as the probable cause of a crash that killed 11 people, the National Transportation Safety Board recommends banning the use of mobile phones by commercial drivers, except in emergencies.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 6, 2011

1 dead, dozens injured as school bus overturns

The bus, returning from a football game, is struck around midnight by a car that failed to yield at a stop sign, according to police. A 15-year-old student on the bus dies in the accident, and about 30 others are taken to hospitals.

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Newsby StaffJune 29, 2011

Teen fatally struck by tractor-trailer

The accident occurs when Aniya Williams is trying to catch a city bus in Staten Island, N.Y. Williams used to ride a school bus, but service to her school was eliminated. Last week, the state Senate passed a bill to mandate that the city Department of Education provide school bus transportation to children in grades three through eight who live more than one mile from school.

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Newsby StaffMay 16, 2011

Bus-passing fatality spurs further safety efforts

A 7-year-old in Iowa is killed in a hit-and-run accident while crossing the street to board her school bus. State pupil transportation director Max Christensen tells SBF that a statewide task force is being formed to work on more ways to fight the stop-arm running problem.

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Newsby StaffApril 4, 2011

Traffic fatalities hit historic low

The number and rate of U.S. traffic deaths in 2010 dropped to the lowest levels since 1949. Still, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says that “too many of our friends and neighbors are killed in preventable roadway tragedies every day.”

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Newsby StaffMarch 15, 2011

Police investigating 2 fatalities involving school buses

A 6-year-old boy in Louisiana passes away on Monday morning from head injuries he sustained when he was caught on the outside of his school bus and dragged along a road. On Monday afternoon, an 8-year-old boy in Georgia passes away when he is run over by a school bus at a district’s transportation facility.

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Newsby StaffMarch 3, 2011

Police: Medical condition likely led to bus crash

Joann Jensen strikes a power pole while transporting students and is then transported to a hospital, where she is pronounced dead. Police believe Jensen may have suffered a medical condition while driving that caused her to lose control of the bus and hit the pole.

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