School Bus

7-Year-Old Kicked Off School Bus, Forced To Wander Alone

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.30.2012

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Amber Hobdy, a mother from Eagle Mountain, Utah, is outraged after her 7-year-daughter Kya was allegedly kicked off a school bus in an unfamiliar neig...

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Four-Year-Old Locked In Stifling School Bus For 5 Hours

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.14.2012

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Kizzy Emerson, a 4-year-old girl from Mansfield, Ohio, was accidentally locked inside a school bus for nearly six hours, WJW reports. “Her dad p...

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Put the Brakes on School Bus Tragedies

Rep. Bruce Braley | Posted 04.17.2012

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Rep. Bruce Braley

Across the nation, drivers illegally pass stopped school buses 13 million times each year; in Iowa, 138,600 times every year. If we cut that number, we'll reduce the number of children killed and injured by reckless drivers.

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1 Dead, 15 Injured After School Bus Collides With Tractor-Trailer

AP | Posted 05.14.2012

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ROCKWOOD, Pa. — A tractor-trailer collided with a school bus carrying about two dozen students and adults Wednesday in western Pennsylvania, kil...

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38 Children Injured In Washington School Bus Rollover

AP | SHANNON DININNY | Posted 05.12.2012

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YAKIMA, Wash. — A school bus overturned Monday morning on a central Washington highway, injuring dozens of children, including three seriously, ...

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Child, Bus Driver, Die In School Bus Crash

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.12.2012

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A school bus transporting students to Lighthouse Charter School in Indianapolis, Ind., crashed into a train bridge at approximately 7:40 a.m. Monday, ...

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Student Falls Out Of School Bus, Runs After It

Posted 03.05.2012

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Mondays, right? No one knows better than this poor kid in China. Watch as the unsuspecting student falls out the back of the moving bus, and then p...

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New Jersey School Bus Crash Kills 1, Injures 17

AP | BETH DeFALCO | Posted 04.17.2012

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CHESTERFIELD, N.J. — A dump truck collided with a bus carrying elementary schoolchildren on Thursday, killing an 11-year-old daughter of a state...

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WATCH: Mom Saves Kids In Runaway School Bus

Posted 02.16.2012

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After a school bus driver suffered a seizure and lost control of the vehicle, Rhonda Carlsen hopped aboard the runaway bus and brought it to a stop on...

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Driver Saves 6 From Flame-Engulfed School Bus

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.10.2012

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Lindora Richardson, a 37-year-old school bus driver, managed to save six children before her bus erupted into flames yesterday in Charlotte, N.C., CNN...

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Tractor-Trailer Crash Ejected Student Out School Bus, Sent 32 To Hospital

AP | Posted 03.18.2012

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TEMPLE, Texas — A tractor-trailer clipped a school bus full of students Tuesday, flipping the bus onto its side and sending 32 people – 29...

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10-Year-Old Boys Charged With Sexual Assault On School Bus, Could Get 40 Years

AP | By JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 01.10.2012

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HOUSTON -- Houston police say two 10-year-old boys have been charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy on a school bus. The boys were arrest...

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School Nixes $14 Million Award For Student Injured In Bus Crash

AP | Posted 02.12.2012

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FALLSINGTON, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia school district said Tuesday that it's legally restricted to pay no more than $500,000 to a former hi...

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School Bus Driver Allegedly Falls Asleep At Wheel On Highway

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.07.2011

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After reportedly falling asleep while driving a school bus full of kids down a highway in Tacoma, Wash., the 65-year-old driver has been put on admini...

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School Bus Crash Sends 20 To Hospital, Driver Suspected Of DUI

AP | Posted 01.23.2012

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CHAPTICO, Md. — Authorities say 20 people have been treated at the hospital for injuries after a three-vehicle accident in southern Maryland inv...

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School Bus Driver Accused Of DUI, Child Endangerment

AP | Posted 01.10.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- A New Jersey bus driver has been charged with drunken driving after a middle school student texted home with "Mommy I think our bus dr...

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State Budget Cuts Could Mean No More School Buses

AP | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 01.04.2012

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SEATTLE — The yellow school bus could become another victim of the Great Recession in some parts of Washington. Gov. Chris Gregoire doesn't wan...

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Students On School Bus Burned By Loose Radiator Hose

AP | Posted 12.31.2011

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LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. — A burst radiator hose on a school bus spewed hot anti-freeze, leaving 21 junior high students with burns or breathing p...

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Family: Special Needs Student Locked, Alone, In School Bus For 3 Hours

Posted 12.21.2011

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The grandmother of an autistic seventh grade Chicago Public School student reportedly left alone on a school bus for three hours is considering filing...

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Mom Killed Directing School Bus

AP | Posted 12.19.2011

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HINCKLEY, Ohio -- Police say a northeast Ohio woman standing in a street directing a school bus with her children on board has been hit and killed by ...

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WATCH: Elderly School Bus Attendant Beat And Bit Student

Posted 12.13.2011

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A surveillance video from a Florida school bus has surfaced that shows an elderly bus attendant beating and biting a student she says bullied her. ...

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Dump Truck Hits School Bus, 2 Girls Injured

AP | Posted 11.26.2011

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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Two girls getting on a bus for school Monday were injured when a dump truck rear-ended the vehicle in the Phoenix suburb of Glendal...

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Kindergartener Delivered To Wrong Bus Stop Found 'Crying And Wandering'

Posted 11.01.2011

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Flaws in the oversight of a south suburban school district's bus route caused a Richton Park 5-year-old to have a traumatic first day of kindergarten....

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The Mongol Rally: Zen and the Art of School Bus Maintenance

Grif Peterson | Posted 10.04.2011

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Grif Peterson

Will "spend a day with the mechanics in Dolpadere" ever make Lonely Planet's top 10 must see list for Istanbul? Absolutely not. That being said, the experience afforded us a unique sense of the city.

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Florida School Bus Monitor Accused Of Operating Underage 'Sex Slave' Prostitution Ring

HuffingtonPost.com | Sonja Sharp | Posted 09.14.2011

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A Florida cop and a school bus monitor were arrested Thursday in connection with a child prostitution ring, Polk County Sheriff's Office said in a sta...

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