Texas has begun to put in motion a new law that requires school buses to be fitted with shoulder-lap belts for school buses. This move came after a fatal crash that killed a student in 2006, another in 2007 and two in 2015.
The investigation continues, and authorities have not said why a 20-year-old woman slammed her SUV into the back of a Prosser school bus Monday morning, slightly injuring 3 of the 26 children on board.
Washington legislators are looking over a bill that would not only require all school buses to have seat belts by 2018, but ALSO put automated traffic cameras on board to bust drivers who 'blow by' buses.
With school starting next week in the Mid-Columbia and everywhere else, the Pasco Police department has released a handy guide to help drivers keep kids safe, and not get a ticket!
Authorities say a semi-truck hauling a hay trailer ran a stop sign at the intersection of North Glade and Sheffield Road and struck a North Franklin School District bus in the side.
On Tuesday afternoon, a man in Dale County, Alabama, near Midland City, got on a school bus, demanded a child be let off with him, then shot and killed the bus driver when he refused. The shooter, identified as Jimmy Lee Dykes, then took the boy from the bus and is currently holed up with him in an underground bunker nearby.