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Newsby StaffAugust 17, 2017

School Bus Driver Accused of Leaving Special-Needs Student on Bus

Video reportedly shows that the Connecticut driver did not conduct a child check and left a 6-year-old alone on the bus. He is charged with risk of injury to a minor and second-degree reckless endangerment.

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Newsby StaffJuly 10, 2017

California Student With Autism Left on School Bus

The 11-year-old girl is left on the bus during a heat wave after a bus driver reportedly fails to complete a child check. She is found uninjured in the back of the bus up to two hours later.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserJune 27, 2017

Family of Autistic Teen Who Died on School Bus Reaches $23.5M Settlement

Hun Joon “Paul” Lee’s family is awarded the settlement for the death of their son, who was left in a hot school bus for several hours in California in 2015.  

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Newsby StaffApril 28, 2017

School Bus Driver, Aide Accused of Leaving Special-Needs Student on Bus

The 10-year-old student is found in the bus yard of a Louisiana school district after having reportedly fallen asleep on the bus. The driver and aide are arrested. 

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Newsby StaffFebruary 3, 2017

School Bus Driver Gets 2 Years in Death of Autistic Teen Left on Bus

Armando Ramirez of California is sentenced to two years in prison for leaving Paul Lee, who had autism and was nonverbal, alone on a bus on a hot summer day for several hours.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserDecember 30, 2016

School Bus Driver Accused of Leaving Student Alone on Bus

Penny Rae Kirby of Pennsylvania allegedly fails to check her bus after her route and leaves a sleeping boy on board. She is being charged with endangering the welfare of a child. 

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NewsDecember 16, 2016

Top 5 Most-Viewed News Stories of 2016

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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Newsby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 28, 2016

California Governor Signs Child-Check Alarm Bill into Law

Gov. Jerry Brown signs SB 1072, also known as the “Paul Lee School Bus Safety Law,” which will require all school buses in the state to be equipped with child-check reminder alarm systems and for bus drivers to be trained on those systems.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 12, 2016

Driver Cited After 5-Year-Old Left in School Van

In Nebraska, police investigate a report of a boy who was not dropped off at home after school. They find the 5-year-old unattended in a school van.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 12, 2016

School Bus Driver Accused of Leaving Special-Needs Student on Bus

Tiffeny Beatrice Avery of California is charged with one count of felony child abuse for allegedly leaving a preschool student alone on a bus for an hour.

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