A training exercise for the School District of La Crosse (Wis.) shows transportation staff and students the importance of school bus evacuation training.
A survivor’s account of a 1931 rail crossing tragedy, along with safety tips from Operation Lifesaver, made for a memorable training program for school bus drivers in Merced, California.
Authorities file preliminary charges of manslaughter and involuntary injury against the driver. Six students were killed in the crash.
At issue in the investigation is whether the safety barriers at the railroad crossing were open or closed when the bus moved onto the tracks.
The railroad crossing arm reportedly lowers onto the bus. A student captures video of a freight train running near the bus, but no one is harmed.
This video from Greenville (S.C.) County Schools instructs the district’s school bus drivers on procedures for crossing railroad tracks.
A Texas driver drove over railroad tracks and stopped at a stop sign, but was still too close to the tracks, and a train just missed hitting the bus. She was fired for not following standard rail crossing procedures.
Operation Lifesaver and the Federal Highway Administration award grants to 13 states for public education projects that target students, school bus drivers, Spanish-speaking populations and the news media.
Tacoma (Wash.) Public Schools officials say that vehicle crashes have occurred when buses were required to stop at the crossing, which trains use infrequently and at low speeds.
Houston Independent School District’s back-to-school transportation training program includes hands-on drills in railroad crossing safety, gang awareness, student management, hurricane preparedness and other topics. As Transportation General Manager Nathan Graf puts it, “It was not your typical training.”
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