SCHOOL BUS CRASH
REPORTS 2007
School Bus Flips Onto Side After Crash
March 21, 2007
| PEARLAND, Texas -- A
school bus flipped onto its side after a collision with a
vehicle in Pearland on Wednesday morning, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Three Pearland high school
special-needs students were on the bus, along with an adult aid
and the bus driver, when an oncoming car hit them shortly after
6:30 a.m. on FM 1128 at Fite Road, according to investigators.
|
 |
"The car in the center lane turned into
the bus, hit it on its back wheels -- it just T-boned it onto its back
wheels, which locked them in place, sent the bus wobbling and the wheels
couldn't touch back down to the ground because they were locked sideways
and it flipped over on its side," said Cary Partin with the Pearland
Independent School District.
The students and their aid were checked
out at a local hospital. No one was seriously injured.
"They were shaken up, a little nervous, a
little scared," Partin said. "There's not anything more scary then
driving out and seeing a bus on its side."
The driver of the other vehicle was taken
to Memorial Hermann Hospital for treatment. The condition was not
released.
The crash shut down FM 1128 for about an
hour.
The accident is under investigation. No
tickets have been issued.
The last time a bus from Pearland ISD was
in an accident was in 2001. It was at the same intersection.
back to
Crash Reports 2007
top
|
