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ArticlesMay 19, 2011

A Comprehensive Plan for School Bus Accidents

A veteran transportation director discusses the four phases of an emergency response cycle in relation to this type of event and how using them enhances student safety.

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Newsby StaffApril 21, 2011

Tree, power lines fall on school bus

Fire rescue personnel evacuate the 20 children and the bus driver through the emergency exit into a truck. No one is injured.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2011

Bus driver dead after crashing into city building

Kelly Smith, a driver for a Pennsylvania school district, is found on the ground outside the building after she crashed her bus into it. Officials investigating the accident say Smith was ejected from the bus and may have died prior to the crash.

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Newsby StaffApril 5, 2011

Judge: Fatal crash points to 'deficiencies' in bus safety, driver training

Alberta Provincial Court Judge Bruce Fraser says as much, and makes recommendations about these issues, in his report on an October 2007 school bus accident that killed a 9-year-old girl. Sleeping pills and anti-depressants were at low levels in bus driver Louise Rogers' system on the day of the accident.

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Newsby StaffApril 5, 2011

Fog may have contributed to fatal school bus crash

A 10-year-old girl is killed in a collision on Friday between the bus and a tractor-trailer on a Mississippi highway. Authorities say it appears that the bus stopped at a stop sign, then pulled onto the highway in front of the truck.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2011

Bus driver keeps cool in icy accident

When a car collides with Leonard Davis' school bus, pushing it off the icy road and down an embankment, he manages to get the bus back on all four tires and onto the road. The veteran bus driver is credited with keeping more than 50 students and staff members safe.

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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2011

Bus carrying kindergartners reportedly loses brakes

The driver tells investigators that she felt the brakes fail as she was driving up a steep hill. The bus knocked down a fire hydrant and utility pole before crashing into a car and coming to a stop against a tree on the front lawn of a nearby house.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 13, 2011

Mentally ill man deliberately causes school bus crash

A 21-year-old man puts his car into reverse and crashes into a school bus transporting a dozen elementary school students. The students and driver are uninjured; the man is transported to a local hospital.

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Newsby StaffDecember 30, 2010

Driver sentenced for DUI in special-needs bus crash

A bus driver who injected heroin while operating a special-needs bus for a Pennsylvania school district in 2009 and subsequently crashed will serve up to 23 months in jail.

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Newsby StaffDecember 16, 2010

Bus driver honored for conduct during tornado

Virginia Rezazedah, who works for a school district in Illinois, is named employee of the month after keeping the students on her bus calm in the aftermath of a serious accident. A tornado blew the bus off the road last month, flipping it and injuring several students.

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