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The 10-year-old student misses the bus at a bus stop and is run over by the vehicle's rear tires when he falls after running alongside the bus. The accident is under investigation.
Read More →Fourteen-year-old Jorge Saavedra faces a charge of manslaughter for the incident on Monday. Deputies say he stabbed 16-year-old Dylan Nuno as the two exited their school bus; Nuno was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Read More →To help bring down the number of accidents with children around school buses, four organizations teamed up last year to provide the safety training program at no charge to school districts nationwide. The offer still stands.
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At the NASDPTS conference, state directors discuss enhancing school bus security and reducing pedestrian fatalities, among other topics.
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Thirteen children were killed in school bus loading and unloading accidents in the 2009-10 school year. The total is down nearly 25 percent from the previous year.
Read More →Nathan’s Law, named after a boy who was killed by a motorist as he was disembarking his school bus, will be re-introduced during the Mississippi Legislature’s 2011 session. The bill got full support from the state Senate last year, but died in a House committee.
Read More →Six-year-old Jeremy Jennings Jr. opens the bus’ rear door and falls onto the road, sustaining traumatic brain injuries. Family members, who took him off of life support two days later, question why he wasn’t in the harness that his state-mandated education plan required him to have.
Read More →Five-year-old Karen Stoute passed away on Monday morning. In the accident, an 18-wheeler strikes the bus from behind as it is moving forward after picking up students. All 21 students on board sustain injuries.
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New NHTSA proposal would expand the required field of rear view for vehicles up to 10,000 pounds. The agency requests comments on whether small school buses should be excluded from the final rule.
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In Washington state in 1945, 15 children and their driver died when their bus plunged into a frigid lake. In British Columbia in 1960, a bus was struck by a freight train, killing 17 people on board.
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