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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 bus, operated by Durham School Services, [1] was transporting children from Woodmore Elementary School. [2] [3] Cameras mounted inside the bus captured the crash and the events before it. [4] The driver, 24-year-old Johnthony K. Walker, lost control of the bus and caused it to strike a pole and then a tree and flip over. [5]
The crash happened about 2 p.m. Friday on Texas 21 near its intersection with Caldwell Road just west of Cedar Creek when a concrete truck collided with a school bus carrying 44 pre-K students and ...
Five Nyack High School students were killed 50 years ago in a school bus-train crash at this Gilcrest Road railroad crossing in Congers, photographed in 2021 on the 40th anniversary of the crash.
The Hays district's bus crash happened about 2 p.m. March 22 on Texas 21 near the intersection with Caldwell Road, while Tom Green Elementary School pre-K students were coming home from a trip to ...
A school bus crash occurring on September 21, 1989, in Alton, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley region, resulted in the deaths of 21 junior and senior high school students by drowning or causes related to being asphyxiated. A bottling truck collided with the school bus, causing the bus to enter a caliche pit filled with water. The driver of the ...
Some parents were worried after a school bus crash that killed two people, but school buses are typically the safest for students. 'Horrified and heartbroken': Hays school bus crash raises safety ...