A child and an elderly person were hit by a school bus in Brooklyn, New York, while crossing the street, reported PIX 11 News.
The incident reportedly took place on Friday morning at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Buffalo Avenue in Crown Heights.
According to the news report, the 56-year-old bus driver was turning onto Buffalo Avenue when he struck the 79-year-old and 9-year-old, who were not identified at this writing. The pedestrians were crossing the street, but it was not disclosed if they were in a crosswalk or not.
Both the child and adult were rushed to a nearby hospital in unknown conditions, it is unclear if they are related. The driver reportedly stayed on the scene and no arrests were made at this time. The incident remains under investigation.
A Volusia County school bus driver is being hailed a hero after helping a young boy that was choking on a piece of candy while on the bus, reported Fox 35.
The school bus driver, identified as Mayrelyn Lopez, said there was a disturbance in the back of the bus shortly after arriving at her first afternoon stop. The disruption, which was unrelated to the choking incident was quickly resolved.
However, as Lopez made her way back to her driver’s seat, she noticed a boy turning light purple. The boy, identified as Levi Holder, had reportedly just eaten a piece of candy, and it got stuck in his throat.
Lopez told local news reporters that she grabbed Holder and performed the Heimlich Maneuver, which is a first aid technique school bus drivers are trained on to dislodge a blockage in the airway. The action cleared the candy from Holder’s throat. Surveillance footage shows Lopez springing into action to help the student.
According to the article, Holder fully recovered and told local news reporters that Lopez was very nice and thanked her for saving his life. Additionally, Holder’s mother expressed gratitude for Lopez’s willingness and her attentiveness in the situation.
The surveillance video is not being shared with the public due to privacy concerns. Most school districts have no eating policies on board the school bus for this very reason.
A crash between a tow truck and a school bus in Louisiana left four children and one adult injured. The bus driver helped save a child from being injured during the crash, reported KSLA News.
The incident reportedly occurred on Thursday morning when a school bus had stopped to pick up a child and a tow truck crashed into the back of it. According to the news report, seven kids and the driver were on the bus when the vehicle was hit.
Police stated via the article that the bus driver saved a child who was trying to get on the bus just moments before it was hit. Although the actions of the driver were not specified in this writing, officers say that without the driver’s intervention the child could have fallen out of the bus and been hit by the tow truck.
Four children were reportedly sent to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and the tow truck driver was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Deputies added via the news report that the sun made it difficult for the tow truck driver to see the stopped bus. Authorities did not immediately identify those involved in the crash, the investigation remains ongoing.
A kindergartener is in the hospital after being struck by a truck while exiting his school bus in Missouri, reported KFVS News.
The incident reportedly occurred on Monday Jan.13, when the 6-year-old, who was not identified at this writing, was getting off the school bus and was hit by a passing vehicle.
According to the news report, the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) responded to the crash. Officers said via the article that a 19-year-old man was driving his truck southbound when he tried to stop, but his vehicle began sliding. That’s when he hit the 6-year-old.
When EMS arrived at the scene of the incident, Stg. Clark Parrott from the MSHP reportedly stated the child was conscious and alert.
The child’s father told local news reporters his son had a broken pelvis and a broken femur due to the incident. Additionally, the child had a small bleed on his brain that doctors were keeping an eye on.
A Florida man was arrested after he allegedly exposed himself to students while they were riding a school bus home, reported ABC News.
According to the article, the incident took place on Thursday, when several students told their parents that a male was exposing himself in a car next to the bus.
Police said via the news report that one of the students submitted an anonymous tip, including a video of the incident. The male was identified as 36-year-old Freddy Richie Parisi, and the vehicle he was driving was shown on the video, including the tag number.
The parents reportedly contacted authorities immediately to report the incident and deputies launched the investigation. A detective then identified Paisi from conducting sex offender checks and worked with school resources officers to identify the other victims who witnessed the incident.
According to the news report, Parisi was arrested for five counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition and is being held at the Citrus County Detention Facility without bond.
A Florida man and registered sex offender is behind bars once again after police arrested him for loitering near children at a school bus stop.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office released a statement via social media confirming the arrest of 37-year-old Jonathan Louis of Poinciana, after a witness noticed the man standing amongst small children at a school bus stop on Friday morning. The witness reportedly felt that something was not quite right about the man.
According to the statement, police were contacted by the witness and deputies made contact with the suspect who was identified as Louis. Louis is a registered sex offender since a conviction in Lake County back in 2004 for Lewd and Lavarious Battery. The victims were 12 and 15-year-old.
Officers learned that Louis lived near the bus stop, but he had no children who went to school. Louis was unable to provide deputies with a reason why he was spending time at a school bus stop.
After his release in December 2024, Louis failed to notify his parole officer where he was residing. He was arrested and taken into the Polk County jail where he was charged with Violation of Probation for Failure to Register and Loitering by Sex Offender within 300-feet of Children.
A crash involving a Waltham school bus in Massachusetts sent six students to the hospital with minor injuries.
The Waltham Police Department released a statement via social media confirming that officers had responded to a rollover incident involving a school bus on Friday morning.
According to police, the bus was transporting students to Waltham Public Schools northbound on Lexington Street just before 8:30 a.m., when it struck a white van that was attempting to make a left turn East onto Beaver Street.
Police stated that the van rolled over onto a third vehicle on Beaver Street, that was stopped for a red light.
According to local news reports, there were 34 students and a driver from the Waltham Dual Language School on the school bus at the time of the incident. A total of 37 people, including those in the other vehicles, were involved in the crash.
Six students and the operator of the white van were transported to local area hospitals for minor injuries. Their current condition is unknown. According to the police, the incident is still under investigation to determine charges, if any.
A parent is demanding answers after her 3-year-old was left on a school bus in a snowy depot alone for hours, reported WTOC News.
Talia Anderson told local news reporters that the incident took place midday Jan.10, after her daughter Aziyah was picked up by the school bus to go to preschool at Richton Square Elementary in Richton Park, Illinois.
Hours later, the school reportedly called Anderson asking why Aziyah was not in attendance. The mother worried about her daughter’s well-being. Sometime later, the superintendent called Anderson back saying Aziyah had fallen asleep on the way to preschool and was found on her school bus at the depo in Country Club Hills.
According to the news report, Anderson stated she was very frustrated because of this incident and questioned how they could leave a 3-year-old behind.
A spokesperson for Matteson School District said via the article that Aziyah was not delivered to the school and instead was unknowingly transported back to the bus depot. The bus driver involved in the matter will no longer provide services for District 162 because safety policies and procedures were not followed.
The Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE) restored previously suspended school bus routes that will benefit many student-riders at a Maui intermediate school.
Before the school year started, HIDOE had suspended 147 school bus routes in Central Oahu, East Hawaii Island and Central and Upcountry Maui due to the current shortage of school bus drivers and vehicles. According to local news reports, the service interruption reportedly affected around 3,720 student riders.
A statement released by HIDOE on Monday confirms that so far, the department has reinstated 118 previously suspended routes, which represents 86 percent of previously impacted routes. The latest restored bus will service routes operated by school bus contractor Ground Transport, Inc., for Samuel E. Kalama Intermediate School. Efforts to restore the remaining 20 suspended routes are ongoing.
According to the statement, Ground Transport is actively recruiting new school bus drivers, taking advantage of Gov. Josh Green’s Aug. 2 Proclamation Relating to School Bus Services, which lifted the restriction that only school vehicles may transport students and included specific provisions within employment-related law to allow for qualified drivers to serve in a student transportation capacity.
The proclamation also allows drivers with a commercial driver’s license and a “P” endorsement permitting them to transport passengers to operate school buses temporarily, instead of the “S” endorsement specifically required for school bus drivers.
The Norwalk Community School District in Iowa is investigating a report of a gun on a school bus, reported KCCI News.
According to the news report, district leaders said received a report of a student with a gun on one of their school bus routes. The transportation director tracked down the bus mid-route and took the student off the bus.
Investigators reportedly said the student had a BB gun and district Superintendent Shawn Holloway said the student will not be allowed on school grounds until the investigation is finished.
A man from Opelousas, Louisiana stole a school bus and then drove recklessly causing a four-way crash, reported KATC 3.
The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday, after a 26-year-old man escaped while being transported to a mental health facility. He then stole an unoccupied school bus and drove recklessly into oncoming traffic.
According to the news report, the man caused a crash involving four vehicles where authorities confirmed several people were moderately injured.
Authorities say via the article that the man ran from the scene and stole a truck belonging to a bystander who had stopped to help with the crash.
Police reportedly tracked the truck to the Rayne area, where the man, who was not identified in this writing, was apprehended.
The man could be facing multiple charges related to the crash. The incident remains under investigation.
A mother in North Providence, Rhode Island, was waiting for her son to come home from school when instead the wrong child was brought to her door, reported WPRI News.
According to the news report, Sarah Batista’s son, who has autism, was set to return home on Monday afternoon. Durham School Services is responsible for bringing her 3-year-old home from school every day.
Batista told local news reporters that she was told they were at her door with her son and nobody was answering. However, when she went downstairs and opened her front door, nobody was there.
Batista reportedly realized the bus was at the wrong house and after directing them to the right location, she was stunned when a boy who was not her son got off the bus.
According to the article, Batista told the bus monitor that it was not her child. The bus monitor went back to the bus and got another backpack but brought back the same child, to which Batista once again stated that it was not her child.
When her son finally got off the bus, Batista reportedly stated she immediately noticed something was off. She told local news reporters that her son had no jacket, no backpack and, did not seem like himself. The next day, her son refused to go to school.
Batista suggested that drivers should create a checklist for students on their bus routes to make sure each one is dropped off at the correct house.
A kindergartener from the Hamilton School District in Wisconsin was hit and killed by a school bus on the morning of Jan.2, just two days into the new year.
The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department released a statement confirming the death of the student amid a fatal bus incident.
According to the statement, the Waukesha County Communications Center was alerted to an incident in which a kindergartener had been struck by a school bus in the Silver Spring Intermediate School parking lot.
The bus was transporting students when the incident occurred. The Kindergartener, whose name was not disclosed at this writing, was at Silver Spring Intermediate School awaiting transfer to a shuttle bus to be taken to Willow Springs Learning Center. That’s when the school bus struck and killed the student.
Authorities say the cause of the incident is still under investigation, and the bus driver is cooperating fully with the investigation. This is a developing story.
A Gwinnett County school bus driver is being recognized as a hero after saving a student’s life, reported Atlanta News.
According to the news report, the incident occurred in August, when Jamario Felder, who has been driving for the district for the past four years, was transporting students from Gwinnett County Public Schools.
Felder never expected to encounter a situation involving a student experiencing a medical emergency. However, his training from the school division reportedly kicked in as he called 911 and began administering CPR on the young girl who was in distress. A dispatcher walked him through what to do.
Now, Felder is reportedly being honored as a “Hidden Hero” by the Rotary Club of Gwinnett. The president of the club Brad Beisbier, presented Felder with a plaque and a $500 check as a thank-you for what he did.
Beisbier said via the article that “Jamario Felder’s quick thinking and reliance on his training played a critical role in saving the young lady’s life,” he continued. “He not only provided lifesaving assistance to her but also ensured that all the other students were safely evacuated and transferred to another bus to continue their journey home.
With school districts reducing or cutting bus service, parents in Chicago are turning to rideshare apps to transport their children to school, reported ABC News.
According to the article, Ismael El-Amin was driving his daughter to school when an encounter on the road gave him an idea for a new way to carpool.
After spotting one of his daughter’s classmates riding to school with her own dad, El-Amin reportedly noticed they drove to their selective public school on the city’s North Side for forty minutes along the same congested highway.
That is when El-Amin was reportedly inspired to create the Piggyback Network, a service parents can use to book riders for their children. With school districts struggling to find drivers the question of how to replace the traditional yellow bus had become an urgent problem for some and a spark for innovation.
According to the article, Chicago public schools, the nation’s fourth largest district, have significantly curbed bus service in recent years. It still offers rides for students who are disabled and homeless, in line with federal mandate, but most families are on their own. Approximately 17,000 of the district’s 325,000 students are reportedly eligible for school bus rides.
On Piggyback Network, parents can book a ride for their children online with other parents traveling in the same direction. Rides reportedly cost 80 cents per mile, and the drivers are compensated with credits to use for their own kid’s rides.
The article states that the company has arranged a few hundred rides in its first year operating in Chicago, and El-Amin had been contacting drivers for possible expansion to Virginia, North Carolina and Texas.
A Miami school bus driver is facing child abuse and child neglect chargers after being accused of assaulting a 6-year-old boy, reported CBS News.
According to the news report, Lazaro Treminio, 34, was taken into custody by Miami police following a traffic stop. Treminio faces various charges related to an alleged incident involving a child, reported on Nov. 21.
The incident reportedly occurred the day before, when Treminio, who was the boy’s school bus driver, allegedly pulled the child’s hair during an altercation with Treminio’s daughter on the school bus.
According to the article, the victim said Treminio told him to never touch his daughter, after the girl allegedly tried to fight him and the boy’s older sister intervened. The boy also reported previous incidents, including one where Treminio allegedly encouraged other children to bully him.
The boy’s 10-year-old sister reportedly confirmed his story and told local authorities that Treminio pulled her brother’s hair and instructed her not to tell their parents.
Police say via the article that Treminio waived his right to an attorney and agreed to speak with investigators. He was reportedly booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. The investigation remains ongoing.
An Indiana school bus driver was charged with driving while intoxicated after students on her bus reported her driving erratically, reported New York Post.
The incident reportedly occurred on Sept. 20, when 28-year-old Kayla Pier was transporting 32 students from La Porte Middle School to Riley Elementary School.
La Porte County Sheriff’s Office said via the article, that during the drive some of the students reported Pier for her driving behavior and mannerisms.
According to the news report the school’s transportation director, who was not identified in this writing, intercepted the bus and removed the driver, who resigned later that day.
However, the criminal investigation was reportedly not launched until more than a month later, when school officials passed along results from a toxicology test. It was not immediately clear why the test was carried out by the school rather than the authorities.
According to the article, Pier faces charges of operating while intoxicated and neglecting a dependent. The sheriff’s office reportedly commended the courages students aboard the bus who reported the behaviors of their driver. Their actions may have prevented a tragedy from happening.
Pier turned herself into police custody last week and was booked into La Porte County Jail. She was released on bond reported authorities.
A 19-year-old woman from Minnesota is facing dozens of charges in connection with school bus crash that sent 12 students to the hospital, reported CBS News.
The incident reportedly occurred on Sept. 12, when a school bus transporting 22 students to Cherry School in Iron, was hit by a vehicle that blew a stop sign at Townline Road and County Road 5. The driver of the vehicle was identified as 19-year-old Svea Snickers.
Snickers reportedly drove through intersection, hit the bus, and caused it to roll into a ditch. The driver of the bus, who was not identified, told local news reporters he knew immediately it would be a bad crash but did not have time to respond in any meaningful way to avoid the collision.
The bus driver, 12 students and Snickers were reportedly hospitalized amid the crash. Nine other students were injured but did not need to be hospitalized. The student injuries ranged from lacerations and abrasions to concussions, contusions, fractures and more.
Authorities confirmed that while searching Snickers’ phone, investigators found she had used it while driving about two minutes before officers responded to the crash and just seconds before a 911 call was initiated. Investigators also learned the car was reportedly going between 48 and 53 mph just before the crash and Sickers did not brake before impact.
As of Dec. 26, Snickers is reportedly charged with five felony counts of criminal vehicular operations, 17 gross misdemeanors count of the same and two misdemeanor traffic offenses. The investigation remains ongoing.
A mother in Arizona was charged with aggravated assault after hitting her daughter’s school bus driver. A video of the incident shows the mother yelling and assaulting the driver. Other parents who were at the bus stop stated that the women complained the bus driver had not stopped in the right location. The woman faced a single count of felony aggravated assault on a school employee.
The driver of a concrete truck that caused a fatal school bus crash in Texas admitted to taking cocaine on three hours of sleep before the incident. The incident resulted in the death of pre-kindergarten student Ulises Rodriguez Montoya. Dash cam footage from the school district showed the incident was caused by the concrete truck veering across the center line and colliding with the bus.
An 11-year-old from Maine was facing charges of terrorizing after authorities were forced to evacuate a school bus due to a threat with a suspicious device. Students had reported witnessing another student showing and talking about a suspicious device and immediately the Maine state police and bomb squad were called. Authorities later confirmed that the suspicious device found in the sixth grader’s home was not an explosive.
Blue Bird is the first school bus builder to install three-point seat belts and a bus driver airbag as standard equipment, starting in the fall of 2024. (Photo courtesy of Blue Bird.)
School bus manufacturer Blue Bird made history as the first OEM to announce lap/shoulder seatbelts as standard safety technology in all its vehicles. Blue Bird, in partnership with IMMI, will begin equipping new school buses with three-point seatbelts for all student passengers.
The company also announced the implementation of other safety improvements such as high-intensity LED lighting on the outside and inside of the bus, high-resolution front and rear cameras, lighted stop-arms and school bus signs, and strobe lights. More standard equipment Blue Bird is touting as the industry’s first technology is the introduction of 4Front, a steering wheel deployed airbag to protect the head and torso of school bus drivers during a crash.
A Minnesota school bus driver was arrested after he was accused of driving his bus while intoxicated with students on board. The 44-year-old man allegedly blew double the legal limit when tested. He was arrested by authorities for suspicion of second-degree DWI. The incident was under investigation.
A school bus crash with a semi-trailer in Illinois resulted in five fatalities, three of which were children. The semi-truck driver and the school bus driver were also killed in the crash. Amid the crash, both vehicles were engulfed in flames.
Two Dutchtown Elementary School students were left inside their school bus for hours after they fell asleep. One of the children’s aunt demanded the district recheck the bus after her niece was nowhere to be found after the child was supposed to be dropped off. A driver later showed up with two children who had been left behind on the school bus.
An update on the New York State stop-arm camera law closes a loophole that previously let motorists off the hook despite being caught on a camera passing a stopped school bus. Now, the law originally passed in 2019 allowing stop-arm cameras on school buses reportedly includes a “rebuttable presumption” that the vehicle being passed is a school bus and meets all requirements of being such a vehicle. The school bus must have a valid inspection certification, which is required for every New York state school bus, to meet all requirements.
A 9-year-old boy in Florida was seriously injured after being struck by an SUV while waiting for his school bus. Several children had boarded the bus at the time of the incident. The boy was airlifted to a local hospital and then referred to a children’s hospital with several road rash scrapes across his body.
A three-way crash in Ohio resulted in a 12-year-old student being struck after exiting his school bus. The child was reportedly thrown through the air, landed in a yard and was flown to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in an unknown condition. Police said neither alcohol nor drugs appeared to play a role in the crash.
First Student employees in Wichita, Kansas, loaded gifts onto school buses to deliver to Wichita Public Schools students and families in need, reported KNS News.
According to local news reports, bus drivers and staff had collected donations to benefit nearly 30 students. The drivers identified children they see on their daily routes whose families may be struggling this season. First Student employees loaded three school buses to deliver the gifts collected.
One mother whose kids received gifts told local news reporters she was glad hers were selected to set a good example.
Toys, clothing and other items were reportedly among the items delivered.
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