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Newsby StaffJune 4, 2015

Kentucky school bus driver saves choking student

Alerted by students that one of their peers was in distress, Yvonne Wilson performed a one-handed Heimlich maneuver on the girl, dislodging a piece of hard candy from her throat.

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Newsby StaffMay 26, 2015

District hiring police, raising driver pay to curb school bus fights

Jefferson County Public Schools in Kentucky is hiring police officers to monitor troubled routes, adding video cameras and offering incentive pay to more experienced bus drivers to drive those routes. Incidents on routes for alternative schools rose sharply this year.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2015

Kentucky student dragged by school bus

An elementary school student was dragged by her bus when her backpack got stuck in the door as she was deboarding. She was taken to the hospital with severe road rash.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMay 7, 2015

School bus driver charged with not reporting guns on bus

Kentucky police say that two brothers brought two handguns — one loaded — onto their bus and showed other students. The boys, their parents and the bus driver face charges.

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Newsby StaffApril 14, 2015

Bus driver praised for staying calm, safe in hailstorm

Terrie Eggen of Kentucky safely navigated her route with 40 students aboard when the storm, which sparked tornado sirens, hit. The bus garage coached her though the drive.

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Newsby StaffApril 6, 2015

Kentucky bus driver, students rescued from flood waters

A Grant County Schools bus driver and 16 students were stranded in floodwaters for nearly two hours when a creek near the bus route overflowed its banks last week.

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Newsby StaffMarch 26, 2015

Boy in fatal accident may have re-entered path of bus

Witnesses said Jonathan A. Chatham re-entered the path of the bus as it began moving forward, according to a school district statement. A relative of the boy has disputed this account.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2015

Boy fatally struck by school bus

A 10-year-old Kentucky student cleared the bus after being dropped off at his stop but somehow went into the ditch line, officials said.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 10, 2015

Newly found footage of historic school bus accident to air

Home movie footage of a school bus being pulled out of a Kentucky river following what has been called the worst school bus accident in U.S. history will be shown as part of a film that is a follow-up to the 2009 documentary The Very Worst Thing.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2015

Special-needs student dragged by bus

A 6-year-old boy with cerebral palsy was dragged about 15 feet as he was deboarding, possibly due to his jacket getting caught in a groove in the bus’ bottom step. The bus driver was distracted when the incident happened, according to a sheriff’s report.

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