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CBS News
11 hours ago
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Woman struck, killed by school bus in Baltimore County, police say
A woman was struck and killed by a school bus on Wednesday afternoon in Rossville in Baltimore County, according to police. Officers responded just before 2 p.m. to the area of Philadelphia and Ridge roads. The woman died at the scene, police said. There were no children on the school bus. Police are investigating the cause of the crash.
CTV News
21 hours ago
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Students unharmed after crash involving school bus
No injuries are reported after a crash involving a school bus full of students. Around 3:55 p.m. on Tuesday, emergency services in Middlesex County were called to a two-vehicle crash in the area of Centre Road in Adelaide Metcalfe. The bus with 34 elementary students on board was able to be driven from the scene and the other vehicle, a pick up truck, was towed away. a 35 year old from St. Thomas has been charged with careless driving.
CBS News
2 days ago
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- CBS News
Video shows school bus hit 8-year-old child in Boston, family files lawsuit
Shocking video shows a school bus jump onto a sidewalk and hit 8-year-old Reginald Oates outside a school in Boston. The family says Reginald, who has autism, survived the crash but was severely injured. "He's understandably taking it one day at time. The video is unbelievable. It's horrific," said Tucker Merrigan, the attorney who represents the family. Now a lawsuit has been filed against the company Transdev which operates Boston Public School buses over this crash that happened last December. "We filed suit this morning. Clearly an outrageous system failure with this transportation company as this is not an isolated incident," Tucker said. Video shows driver, monitor sleeping The law firm says the video shows the driver and bus safety monitor sleeping in their seats in front of the Curley School in Jamaica Plain. After a few moments you see the driver wake up and start the bus. He immediately swerves into Reginald and the school aide. The boy suffered a broken leg and still has trauma from the crash. The lawsuit accuses Transdev and its workers of gross negligence. Video shows a school bus hitting a child outside the Curley School in Jamaica Plain. CBS Boston "You don't always get video in these circumstances but there is absolutely no explanation for what happened," Merrigan said. Parents picking up their children from the Curley School remember the incident. "I was in the schoolyard it was so scary. I am super scared of all school buses now and whenever I see one, I got to watch my kid. I hope something will be done," Kiera Solomon said. Fatal crash in Hyde Park Transdev is already under investigation for a crash in Hyde Park in April when five-year-old Lens Joseph was hit and killed after getting off his bus. An investigation proved the driver's school bus certificate had lapsed and Transdev didn't know that until after the crash. "What we seek to investigate, and we are confident that is very, very, clear is that this company has failed to supervise, its failed to train and its failed to hire qualified drivers," Tucker said. Reginal's family says they don't want something like this to happen to anyone else. "They want accountability and safety for all the children in Boston to and from school every day," Tucker said.
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Molesey parents' petition calls for increased Surrey bus capacity
Parents have launched a petition calling on a council to use government money to alleviate transport problems after a free school bus was December, Surrey County Council said it would axe free school buses running from Molesey to Esher High School, one month after it announced more than £12m funding from the government to "boost bus services".Children were advised to "bring torches" and "suitable footwear" for the proposed walk to school via alleyways, open fields and unguarded viaduct sluice gates, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).A council spokesperson said they were aware of the challenges that had been raised and were reviewing them carefully. "We will be able to update further in due course," they added. 'So inflexible' The LDRS previously reported it understood cutting the bus route from September would save about £180,000 per have started a petition calling on some of the government money to be put towards increasing the 814 bus between the two towns, which they said was already often Andrew Dillon started the petition and claimed the council was being "so inflexible" over the raised concerns that pupils would be left "stranded"."Attendance and punctuality will plummet, kids will be late for lessons and classes disrupted," he added."It will be a serious blow to the health of the school."Esher and Walton MP Monica Harding wrote to council leader Tim Oliver to request a meeting to discuss increasing capacity on the 814 route or other mitigating wrote: "The withdrawal of assistance and the dirty, isolated, and unlit 'safe walking route' proffered as an alternative by the council risks impacting the safety of pupils, the ability to get to work of parents, and the strong attendance and pupil recruitment rates of Esher CofE High."According to the MP, the council has offered to work with the school on a travel plan. But she warned that it should not be a substitute for greater capacity on the 814 route.
BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
Road safety: New school bus laws planned after schoolgirl's death
The infrastructure minister is planning to bring forward legislation to prohibit drivers overtaking school buses which have stopped to drop off or pick up their have been calls for new laws to improve school bus safety in Northern Ireland after an 11-year-old girl died after being hit by a car when exiting a school bus in Castledawson, County Londonderry, in Minister Liz Kimmins said "tragic events" have highlighted the safety of children getting on or off school buses."I believe strengthening the law around this issue is an important step in further improving safety for children here," she said. 'Lives being devastated' Caitlin-Rose McMullan died after being hit by a car when exiting her school bus in St Pius X College, Magherafelt, pupil was described by her school as being "a very popular pupil who was always smiling".Currently in Northern Ireland there is no legal requirement for other vehicles to stop when a school bus is picking up or dropping off some parts of the United States, it is a motoring offence to overtake a school bus when it has measures in these jurisdictions include retractable stop signs on the left-hand side of buses which flashes amber or red when children are who announced her intention to bring the legislation forward, said she has asked her department officials to "explore the issue"."Too many families have had their world shattered by receiving the worst possible news after a loved one has set out on a routine journey," she said."I have met grieving families and heard their heart breaking stories. I am committing to introducing legislation to help prevent more lives being devastated." 'Slow down' She added: "Whilst legislation is being prepared, there are actions we can all take that will help us reach our goal - take more care on the roads, slow down and ignore our mobile phones."Have conversations about our shared responsibility as road users with our family and friends to ensure road safety messaging reaches as wide an audience as possible."The minister also said he department is using other measures to improve road safety including "20mph zones around schools and work on the delivery of the Graduated Driver Licensing scheme".
