PA School Bus Overturns, 23 Suffer Minor to Moderate Injuries
A Pennsylvania school bus transporting children and adults to a camp overturned on a rural road injuring 23 people total. Police reported 17 of those people, which included adults and children, were transported to one hospital while 6 others were transported to a second hospital. All occupants in the bus were said to be in stable condition and nobody suffered life-threatening injuries in the incident.
The incident occurred when the bus collided with the passenger side of a Cadillac that had overcorrected itself after passing the bus. The Cadillac went into a ditch on the right side of the roadway. The bus also went into the ditch but hit a guardrail and rolled over. State troopers stated a preliminary investigation revealed the driver of a Cadillac contributed to the accident. However, no charges had been filed until further investigation could be conducted. The children’s ages ranged between 9 and 12 years of age.
When we allow vehicles such as school busses to transport our children to school or some other activity, we expect that there will be a high degree of safety. However, nobody can account for random actions from drivers in front of them including when a driver cuts in front of the bus as in this incident. The bus driver could not have foreseen that the driver in the Cadillac would over-correct in front of them. State troopers stated the Cadillac contributed to this accident. The driver could be held responsible and charged if the investigation into the accident reveals the drivers actions directly resulted in the accident.
Although the children in this incident only suffered minor injuries, the fact that the bus turned over could have easily caused more serious injuries for the children and the adults in the school bus. If an investigation reveals that the Cadillac driver’s actions directly resulted in this accident, they should be held accountable and justice should be handed in favor of the children and adults riding in this bus. A school bus’s safety should never be compromised for any reason, especially because of another driver on the road.
