National Coalition For School Bus Safety
National Coalition For School Bus Safety
 

SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTS 2007

School Bus is Rear-Ended
March 26, 2007

More than a dozen students headed to the hospital this afternoon after the bus they were riding in was rear ended by a truck.

The bus, carrying 42 students from Marshpoint and Islands elementary schools, was coming over the Thunderbolt bridge and was hit at the intersection of Victory and River drive.

School Bus is Rear-Ended

Thunderbolt police say the driver of the truck said he had trouble stopping.

Police say 17 students were taken to the hospital.

School district officials say the children were complaining of bumps and bruises.

Traffic was backed up on Victory and over the bridge as crews worked to clear the accident.
 

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