MVA Involving a Loaded School Bus - Great Mills

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G1G4 said:
I'm not sure the school has much to do with the bus drivers. Unfortunately, those jobs are contracted out and the contractor has the say whether they fire the driver or not. The schools probably won't terminate the contract because it will cost them more money. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.
That said, I don't know the particulars of this situation -- so I can't jump to conclusions.
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Even though the buses are contracted out, the Board of Ed, Schools and bus owners have a lot of say on who gets fired or has their hand smacked. It is wrong to let kids pull the lever to open the door and that driver should know better. Yes if you raise enough stink it will stop or she/he will lose their job. As for the seatbelts, when I drove in Charles County and I had small kids I always worried something would happen. Do you have any idea how hard it would be in an accident with over sixty kids behind you screaming, crying and hysterical-do you really think they will be able to unbuckle themselves and follow procedures? What if the driver was hurt there would be no way to get the kids out (even if people stopped to help-which most don't). They did a study that showed how fast the seats will burn (sure they have made improvements by now) and I was glad that there were no seatbelts. Kids back then didn't have a chance to get away from a fire. Sure hope these kids this morning ar ok and that they didn't see to much of the injured driver of the truck-that tends to stay with some of them and keeps rearing it's head when they see another accident.
 
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On December 16, at approximately 6:55 a.m., a 1999 School Bus driven by Torri Lavore Hall, 31 of Lexington Park, was eastbound on Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, when a 1999 Dodge truck driven by William Woodley Dyson, 55 of Lexington Park, failed to yield the right of way and pulled from Prather’s Drive into the path of the school bus causing a collision.

Five children ranging in ages from 6 years old to 13 years old were on the bus at the time of the collision. All five children and Torri Hall were transported to St. Mary’s Hospital by ambulance.

William Dyson was flown to Prince George’s Shock Trauma by Maryland State Police Trooper 7 helicopter.
 
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