3 Children Killed at School Bus Stop

Alyssa Shepherd, 24, has been charged with three counts of reckless homicide and one count of passing a school bus causing injury. Three children died last week after a Shepherd hit them while they crossed a highway to their school bus. She says she didn't recognize it was a school bus until it was too late. (KOMO 4 News, November 5, 2018)
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Passing stopped school buses is all too common, and tragically results in the death or injury of children getting to or from their bus.

There can be no excuse for passing a stopped school bus, but it does happen. In another example, just a few days ago, a 7-year-old boy was killed at school bus stop in Pennsylvania by hit-and-run driver.

To improve the safety of children at school bus stops, we need to re-think these school bus stop locations. Rather than have school buses stop at every driveway along a road, school bus stops should be consolidated in areas where the bus can pull safely off the road, protecting the children as they load and unload the bus.

It simply is not safe for children to cross the street at every driveway to board school buses. Yes, drivers are supposed to stop for school buses, but they don't always do so.

 

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