Car Accident. You hear those words and a lot of images come to mind. But what about when you hear the words “bus accident?” Was it a school bus or chartered bus? How did this happen? Are the children and others okay? Was there something wrong with this bus? Why are there no seat belts on some buses, especially school buses? Since 2000, there have been over 1,200 motor vehicle traffic accidents involving school transportation vehicles according to the U.S. Department of Transportation National Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts, 2009 Data. Bus accident, especially those involving young school children, are horrible to hear about. When word of the recent school bus wreck just outside Temple, Texas involving the Academy ISD school district children, some people were reminded of the 2003 chartered bus incident. In that accident, members of a local Temple church were traveling on IH-35 in Waco when…
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It’s horrible to hear about a school bus wreck
January 24th, 2012Tractor-Trailer Flips School Bus in Temple, TX
January 24th, 2012A tractor-trailer struck a school bus full of children in Temple, Texas, flipping the bus onto its side and sending 32 people – 29 of them children – to the hospital. The bus accident happened on Farm-to-Market Road 93 on the outskirts of Temple, about 60 miles northeast of Austin. A hardware truck allegedly ran a stop sign and struck the Academy school district bus. One 9-year-old boy was ejected through the escape hatch of the roof, and the bus driver was knocked unconscious. The bus driver was in critical condition for several days after the accident, but his condition has been upgraded from critical to serious. The two other adults in the crash, including the truck driver, were treated and discharged. An eighth grade student was hospitalized for a broken back. Academy school Superintendent Kevin Sprinkles said the injured students were expected to recover, although “they all face a long road”…
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32 Children Sent to Hospital in School Bus Crash
January 23rd, 2012On January 17th, a school bus from Academy, TX, which was carrying 38 children from all grade levels, was clipped by a hardware truck. The school bus flipped onto its side after the hardware truck ran a stop sign. The accident occurred in the early morning at the intersection of FM 93 and FM 95, which is near the outskirts of Temple, Texas. 32 people (29 of them were children) were sent to the hospital. A 9 year old was ejected during the wreck and the school bus driver was knocked unconscious. Three of the children were admitted to the hospital and one was listed in critical condition. Academy school Superintendent, Kevin Sprinkles, stated that all the children were expected to recover, but that “they all face a long road” to recovery. A passerby, Christina Mendoza, told the Temple Daily Telegram: “There was a bunch of little ones all scraped…
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