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NTSB Again Calls for Seat Belts on School Buses After Deadly Tennessee Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday renewed its call for seat belts on school buses after completing an investigation of a 2020 crash in Tennessee that killed the driver and a 7-year-old girl. The investigation corroborated an initial report …

Washington School Bus Carrier Could be Fined $364K for Safety Violations

Washington state regulators found more than 600 safety and procedural violations by school bus carrier First Student in the past two years, dozens of which persisted for years after company officials were warned of the infractions. The Seattle Times reported …

NTSB Investigating Tennessee Bus Crash that Killed Child, Driver

Federal and state authorities on Wednesday investigated a crash between a school bus carrying 24 children and a utility vehicle that killed the bus driver and a 7-year-old girl in eastern Tennessee. Eight other children were injured when the utility …

22 Kids Sent to Hospital After 2 School Buses Crash in Georgia

A crash between two school buses in east Georgia sent 22 students to a hospital to be checked Thursday morning, school officials said. Further details on their conditions weren’t immediately known. Social Circle City Schools told news outlets the two …

Driver Killed, 8 Children Injured in Mississippi School Bus Crash

A school bus driver is dead and eight children have injuries after a school bus rolled over in northern Mississippi. The Mississippi Highway Patrol tells news outlets that the bus driver died in the Tuesday morning incident, with the bus …

New Orleans Aims for Greater Safety with New Rules for Charter School Buses

The New Orleans City Council has agreed to new rules for bus companies that serve the city’s charter schools. The council on Feb. 8 approved rules proposed by Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration that are aimed at correcting problems officials recently …

Alabama School Bus Crash Kills 1, Injures 11

A crash between an Alabama school bus and a passenger vehicle has killed one person in the vehicle and injured 11 on the bus. State Police Trooper Cpl. Jimmy Harrell tells AL.com 31-year-old Amanda Nicole Hubbard died in the Tuesday …

Federal Safety Agency Shuts Down Self-Driving School Bus Test

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Monday said it had ordered Transdev North America to immediately stop transporting school children in Florida in a driverless shuttle, as the testing could be putting them at “inappropriate” risk. Transdev’s use of …

U.S. Safety Board Urges Seat Belts, Automatic Brakes on School Buses

The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday recommended for the first time that all new school buses in the U.S. be equipped with lap and shoulder belts. The NTSB also voted to recommend that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …

Tennessee School Bus Driver Found Guilty in Crash That Killed 6 Kids

A former Tennessee school bus driver was found guilty Thursday of six counts of criminally negligent homicide in a wreck that killed six children. A Hamilton County Criminal Court jury convicted Johnthony Walker of lesser charges in the Nov. 21, …