News tagged with 'School Buses and Commercial Lines'

In the last days of the Bush administration, school bus safety rules also contain protections for the manufacturing industry. What parents should know about federal pre-emption and keeping their kids safe. 

  It is the largest verdict ever in tiny McClain County Oklahoma with a population just over 37,000.   On Friday, December 21st a unanimous jury awarded country music star Toby Keith (Covel) and his family $2.8

A new study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reveals that lap belts on school buses may increase the risk of a child suffering a neck injury in the event of an accident. The NHTSA plans to present the report, which is based on several years of research, to Congress. Currently, F

Thirteen students from a Pennsylvania private school went on an unexpected field trip last Thursday morning when their bus driver drove them 150 miles in the wrong direction. Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation charged the bus driver, Otto L. Nuss Jr., with kidnapping. Nuss drove the students to Prince Geo

A 9-year-old girl was killed last week in Delta, Utah when a snowplow collided with her school bus. Twelve other students, the snowplow driver and the bus driver were injured when the snowplow hit a snowdrift and slammed into the side of the bus. Witnesses reported that the snowplow's blade sliced into the side of th

A Greyhound bus collided with a car Monday night in Gainesville, Florida resulting in several injuries. Two passengers were sent to the hospital. Fire fighters helped passengers escape through a window, as the bus door was jammed in the crash. Police are investigating the accident. Greyhound made headlines in Oct

On September 3, 2001 the Greyhound Bus Company suspended all operations nationwide after one of its buses crashed on Interstate 24 outside of Manchester, Tennessee. Damir Igric, a 29-year-old Croatian immigrant, slit the throat of the driver, causing the bus to careen out of control. The FBI is investigating the accid

Most of Los Angeles' school districts are banning diesel fuel in new or replacement school buses. The districts plan to use a cleaner-burning natural gas to decrease the amount of smog produced by school buses. California's South Coast Air Quality Management District recently mandated that the State improve air qualit

The Doubletree Hotel in the Old Town section of Pasadena, California was in for a surprise when a Metropolitan Transit Authority bus jumped the curb, struck the side of the building and destroyed a support column of the hotel. At least eight people were listed in critical condition after the accident, and firefighters

On January 30, 2001 12 school children were injured, 2 seriously, when a school bus and car collided in Washington, D.C. The driver of the car and the driver of the bus were also hospitalized. Police are investigating the accident. As the school year begins again, officials remind drivers to be mindful of school buse

Recently, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Coalition for Clean Air released a report called "No Breathing in the Aisles: Diesel Exhaust Inside School Buses." The report is highly critical of air quality within the Nation's school buses. The report found that diesel fumes found inside the average school b