Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The school bus was carrying 48 students when it turned in front of a fire truck responding to an emergency.
- POLICE & FIRE
- Toni Whitt
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
A school bus carrying 48 elementary school students was hit at about 3 p.m. today when it turned in front of a fire truck responding to an emergency, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol. According to the FHP report: Two students were taken to Lakewood Ranch Medical Center with minor injuries. James B. McKinney, 73, who was driving the school bus, was charged with failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. The school bus was traveling south on Rye Road and approaching the intersection of 18th Place East when a fire truck responding to an automobile fire was also traveling south on Rye Road with its emergency lights and sirens activated. The fire truck got into the northbound lane of Rye Road to pass yielding vehicles but …
Monday, February 13, 2012
The school board is set to discuss last month's school bus accident, the county commissioners on Tuesday will discuss substance abuse issues in the county and don't forget your loved one on Valentine's Day Tuesday.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Toni Whitt
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Monday, February 13, 2012
1. Acting Transportation Director Don Ross, and Assistant Transportation Director Sheryl Riker, will present detailed safety information regarding the outcome of last month's bus accident dring tonight's school board meeting. The meeting begins at 5:45 p.m. at the Manatee County Schools Administration building. 2. Sharon Kramer from the Manatee County Substance Abuse Coalition will offer Manatee County Commissioners information on the substance abuse problem in Manatee County and will offer some ideas for solutions during the county commissioner's worksession at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Manatee County Government Administrative Center, 1112 Manatee Avenue West in the Manatee conferece room on the 4th Floor. 3. The Gulfcoast Sandpiper Chorus, …
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
She was kept under wraps for weeks by school administrators.
About 4:30 in the afternoon of Jan. 5, Cynthia Futch was driving an empty school bus back to the barn when she saw something horrifying: A bus full of students headed in the opposite direction on State Road 64 was out of control. The bus had just rear-ended a semi, pinning the school bus driver’s legs. He couldn’t apply the brakes or work the ignition. Three men in orange shirts from Clear Sunset Car Wash chased the bus. One of them, Sammy Long, a former paratrooper, jumped aboard to apply the brakes and steer on to a grassy shoulder. Two others hung on to the side mirrors to try to slow the bus. Futch parked her bus in the median and ran across three lanes of traffic to the now-stopped bus. “I saw several students jump out,” she said. By …
Friday, January 6, 2012
The bus driver who hit the back of a tractor trailer was dismissed after he was found at fault for the accident that sent two dozen students to area hospitals.
The school bus driver who ran into the back of a tractor trailer on Thursday afternoon was dismissed Friday, after the Florida Highway Patrol and school officials reviewed video of the accident that shows the driver was at fault. Seconds before the accident, Charles Robert Orr, 68, of Palmetto, was seen on the video handing a piece of paper back to a student behind him. After he passes the note back, students on the bus scream to watch out. They clearly are warning the driver that he is about to crash. District officials say that the school bus was traveling at 34 mph right before the crash, according to records taken by a GPS. The impact of the crash pushed the bus firewall in and up against the brake pedal, not allowing it to fully …
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Sophia
1:29 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Would you 2 be saying the same kind words if the outcome was worse? There comes a time when driving priviledges are just that, a priviledge to be in control of a deadly weapon. Seriously, the school board should have age restrictions and safety reaction time guidelines. Glad my kids aren't on a bus to get to school... more ›