On Tuesday November 1st at 6:30 AM, A Baltimore school bus hit a transit bus killing 6 people. The school bus was driving and hit a Mustang then continued in traffic and collided with a transit bus.
“It basically ripped the entire driver’s side off the vehicle,” police spokesman T.J. Smith said at a press conference. “It literally looks like a bomb exploded in the bus.”
Unfortunately one of the six people who were killed was the school bus driver. The other five deaths were on the transit bus. There were ten other people that were either very hurt or minorly hurt; two of them were the Mustang driver and an aide that was on the bus. The police are still trying to figure out what caused the bus driver to lose control of their vehicle.
“Something catastrophic took place, and it’s something that we’re continuing to investigate,” Smith said.
Officials did not publicize all names of who was hurt or even killed yet. The accident took place in the southwest part of the city of Baltimore. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan informed that he was available to help with and assistance if necessary.
“Our deepest condolences go out to the victims and their families in the wake of this tragedy. We will continue to pray for those who were injured, as well as the first responders who worked swiftly and continue to care for the injured,” he [the governor] said in a statement.
This devastating accident brings up many questions of legal responsibility and compensation. Was there an adequate EMS response? Did the passengers die immediately or could they have been saved? What happened to the driver of this vehicle? Do the injured people get compensation for what has happened? If the driver of the school bus died then who is liable if he was at fault? This must have been so hard for the families of the people who have died on their way to work this morning.
oceanmtnsky • Nov 4, 2016 at 12:39 pm
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-chappell-license-20161103-story.html
The driver of a school bus that careened into an oncoming bus Tuesday causing a deadly crash in Southwest Baltimore was not legally permitted to be driving a school bus, state officials said Thursday.
The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration had revoked Glenn Chappell’s commercial driving privileges two months ago because he failed to provide the agency with a certificate showing he was in good health.
The revelation raised questions about how well the Baltimore school system monitors the standing of drivers in its fleet of contract buses. City schools officials did not respond to requests for comment Thursday.
Vizi0420 • Nov 3, 2016 at 1:45 pm
See if people were more attentive and aware of their surroundings, if people actually realized that they are driving heavy, metal coffins on wheels, no matter the safety features, maybe they wouldn’t think themselves as invincible.
Roza AL • Nov 2, 2016 at 1:44 pm
It is a sad story and acceded I hope all bus driver they should be more patios also they are fell more responsibility, because they should taiker the all studend because the live end of the student it is really hard and now more family they have hard time.