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The school bus involved in the accident was a 71-passenger school bus built by American Transportation Company (which was acquired by Navistar International at the time of the accident), and was owned and operated by School Districts 47 and 155 through a Transportation Joint Agreement. At the time of the accident, 35 students were on board.
By the time the engineer saw the bus, there wasn't enough time for the brakes to slow down the train. [2] The ensuing collision killed 24 on the bus, including Silcox. 15 students managed to survive the crash, but with serious injuries. It is the worst railroad crossing accident involving a school bus in U.S. history. [3]
The train engineer saw the bus cross the tracks and immediately applied the brakes. However, the train's momentum carried it through the crossing, where it collided with the bus. The freight train ripped through the school bus, severing it into two sections, with the front half coming to rest a quarter mile (1,116 ft) down the tracks.
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Long Journey Back is a 1978 made-for-TV coming-of-age drama film based on the Gilchrest Road, New York crossing accident in which a Nyack High School bus was struck and sliced down the middle by a train, killing 5 people and injuring more than 40 others.
According to Johnston County Public Schools, 14 students and a driver were on the bus when the crash occurred around 3:30 p.m. in the community of Four Oaks, about seven miles south of Smithfield ...
Columbus City Schools says a bus driver followed proper procedures in a narrow miss with a train Tuesday on the Southeast Side while children were in the bus.
June 2, 2008 - Allinges Accident - A train hit a bus carrying middle schoolers, killing 7 and injuring 25. It was decided to add additional traffic lights and to limit bus/coach traffic where appropriate; December 14, 2017 - Perpignan crash - A school bus was hit at a level crossing. 6 deaths and 24 injuries, with the cause unclear.