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Newsby Sadiah Thompson October 11, 2019

Alabama School Bus Driver Dies After Bus Overturns

Kimberleigh Welch is traveling along the highway when another vehicle hits her bus, causing it to overturn. She is taken to the hospital where she succumbs to her injuries. No one else was on board at the time.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson October 7, 2019

Special-Needs Student Dies After Being Found Unresponsive on School Bus

The Texas 3-year-old is found unresponsive and not breathing with a seat belt wrapped around his neck. He is transported to the hospital where he later passes away.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 24, 2019

School Bus Driver Becomes Unresponsive, Dies During Route

Coleen Gaither of North Carolina loses control of the bus and later passes away despite efforts of students and first responders to save her. She had been employed by Davie County Schools since 1977.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson September 11, 2019

School Bus Driver Killed, Several Students Injured in Rollover Crash

William "Chester" Cole of Mississippi dies after reportedly suffering from a heart attack that causes him to lose control of the bus, which veers off the road and into a ditch. Eight students aboard the bus are injured.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 10, 2019

New York School Bus Driver Dies Days After Crash

Denise Schmidt reportedly suffers a medical event, slumps over the wheel, and the bus accelerates and crashes into a tree. The coach and 22 students on board are not injured.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserJuly 12, 2019

Online Petition Supports School Bus Driver Involved in Fatal Bus-Train Crash

Nearly 3,000 people sign a petition calling for charges to be dropped against John Stevens of Texas, who was involved in a crash with a train that killed a student, and for the crossing it occurred at to be changed.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserJuly 3, 2019

Ohio Man Fatally Struck by School Bus

C.L. Jones stops and exits his truck on the roadway when a school bus hits him and the vehicle, police say.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson June 19, 2019

NTSB Calls for New Safety, Training Standards Based on Fatal Iowa School Bus Fire

After investigating the 2017 fatal school bus fire in Iowa, the National Transportation Safety Board recommends several new school bus safety requirements and calls for fire suppression systems on school buses.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserJune 13, 2019

Family of Girl Killed in School Bus Crash Pushes for Federal Safety Laws

The father, twin sister, and grandfather of Miranda Vargas, who was killed in a New Jersey school bus crash in 2018, meet with members of Congress to gather support for school bus safety legislation.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserJune 5, 2019

School Bus Driver Involved in Bus-Train Crash Indicted

John Stevens of Texas is arrested and indicted for criminally negligent homicide and injury to a child in connection with a crash with a train in January that killed a student.

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