Car Collides with School Bus, Injures 12, Kills One
At least 12 students were injured and one person was killed in an automobile accident that involved a high school bus and a car. The 39-year-old driver of the vehicle died in the accident as his car crossed into the oncoming traffic lane where the bus was. Authorities said the crash is still under investigation to determine what factors played a part in the accident. The 12 injured students were transported to medical facilities as a precaution.
Only one of those students was treated at a facility for a laceration to the face. The rest of the 38 students that were on the bus at the time of the accident were transported back to their school on another bus and they were checked by medical professionals to ensure they had no injuries.
Two-lane rural roads could be dangerous roads for most vehicles to pass through because of the lack of space between both lanes. It is very easy for a car to inadvertently cross over into the opposite lane of traffic which could result in a head-on collision. Most of the accidents that occur on rural roads are because one car is too far into the opposite lane or they fail to properly negotiate a curve or sharp turn in the roadway and collide with oncoming vehicles in the opposite lane. When one or both of those vehicles are driving at high rates of speed, the impact on the victims inside the vehicles is multiplied and could result in extremely serious injuries.
When driving a bus, drivers need to be especially careful to avoid these types of accidents because the people riding the bus are also at risk of serious injury. Since there are no seatbelts in buses, the bus riders could be seriously injured in the event of an accident. Riders could fall out of the seats and they could be injured by the back of seat in front of them or because of the lack of protection in the isle of the bus. This accident could have been much worse and the 38 students riding in the bus could have been seriously injured or killed. Fortunately, they were all able to walk away from the accident in one piece.
