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Old 11-20-2006, 11:14 AM   #1
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Bus accident in my town this morning

Two are confirmed dead in a bus accident in Huntsville, Alabama this morning. A bus carrying 34 students flipped off an Interstate overpass onto the street below killing 2 students and injuring 23 others.

Janet, please be careful driving your schoolbus!! (((((((((hugs!))))))))
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Old 11-20-2006, 11:48 AM   #2
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Wow! I am surprised that this bus accident has made it to the national news. So sad

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/20/bus.crash/index.html
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Old 11-20-2006, 12:38 PM   #3
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That is so sad. My daughter and granddaughters ride the bus once in a while. I hate to hear about accidents like this one.
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Old 11-20-2006, 04:30 PM   #4
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I read about this on YT. SOOO sad!
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Old 11-20-2006, 06:40 PM   #5
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This is so very sad!!! Maybe this will make people finally wake up and require seat belts on school busses. What do you think about this, Janet???
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Old 11-21-2006, 04:32 AM   #6
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This is so very sad!!! Maybe this will make people finally wake up and require seat belts on school busses. What do you think about this, Janet???
Its taken a few year's but all buses with school children on now have belts over here thank goodness. I hate it when my kids were being driven by by other people. My son wants to start lessons I know I have to let him but I will worry when he is out.
My daughter has been driving for a number of years but in her job sees some dreadfull results of accidents. Take care all when driving.
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Old 11-21-2006, 04:48 AM   #7
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I thought the concrete railings on Interstate highway bridges were stronger than that. Maybe a major 18 wheeler would break them, but a school bus. This should not have happened. What a tragedy!!!!!! Sounds like there is a highway design issue here as well as seat belts. In a news report I read, it stated that school busses are designed to protect students without seat belts. I've been on a brand new school bus fairly recently, and while the seat design is much safer than when I was a child, I still think that seat belts would add much needed protection. The National Transportation Safety Administration is supposed to have it on their agenda to improve school bus safety in rollover events. I know it will cost taxpayer money to make changes, but I'd rather spend it on our children than other projects our legislatures may have in their plans.
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Old 11-21-2006, 05:55 AM   #8
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This is so very sad!!! Maybe this will make people finally wake up and require seat belts on school busses. What do you think about this, Janet???
I think this accident is so awful and my heart just goes out to those families that have lost a child. A parents worse nightmare.

As for the seatbelts...like I said on YT..I just don't know. Those children could have been hanging from a seat belt, and had their blood supply cut off. Who's to really say if there wouldn't have been any deaths with them strapped in?

And another thought...if they were strapped in...who would you pick to be cut out first...last...(yes buses are equipped with a letter opener type gadget that is made for cutting seatbelts) What if the last one died and needed to be cut out first? I can see both sides, but there are very few buses that end up on their side, or go over an overpass. Like I said before, I will accept whatever is decided by the DOT.
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Old 11-21-2006, 06:24 AM   #9
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I heard it on the news and my heart goes out to these families. For having their children taken in this way is so terrible.
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Old 11-21-2006, 03:52 PM   #10
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We had a bus accident near here last winter that killed 5. It always breaks my heart to hear about this type opf accident.
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