SCHOOL BUS CRASH
REPORTS 2004
School Bus
Death Calls Attention To Seat Belt Debate
November 11, 2004
WEST PALM
BEACH, Fla. --
A school bus
crash that left one teenage student dead has revived the debate about
whether students should be required to wear seat belts on school buses.
Diana Kautz
was a freshman at Royal Palm Beach High School. She was not wearing the lap
belt on her school bus when it collided with a pickup truck and rolled over
last week. She was ejected and killed. School officials are considering
whether wearing the lap belts should be mandatory.
State
legislator Irv Slosberg is calling for buses to add shoulder harnesses to
provide even more protection for students. He brought up a bill that would
require shoulder belts on school buses last year but it was never heard.
Florida began
requiring all new school buses to have seat belts in 1999, but wearing them
is not a requirement.
Original Report
Copyright
2004 by The Associated Press
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