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LAKE PLACID, Fla. (WFLA) – 20 injured Truck hits school bus

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by albert l, Dec 13, 2017.

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  1. Dec 13, 2017 #1
    albert l

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    Semi-truck slams into school bus in Highlands County, several injured

    LAKE PLACID, Fla. (WFLA) – Two students were seriously injured Wednesday when the bus they were on flipped over after being hit by a semi-truck.

    The Florida Highway Patrol says the school bus was headed north on US-27 and stopped at Lake Ridge Drive to let students on the bus around 7:30 a.m. The driver had activated the flashing lights to warn other drivers that the bus was stopped.

    According to the crash report, the semi-truck was driving behind the bus and didn’t stop in time.

    The truck slammed into the back of the bus, pushing it off the road and causing it to flip onto its side. Troopers say 39 students were on the bus when it was hit. Authorities tell News Channel 8 the students were middle school and high school age, and say the bus was headed to Lake Placid Middle School.

    Two students were flown to Tampa General Hospital with serious injuries.

    Doctors from Florida Hospital Lake Placid say they treated 20 patients from the bus crash with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. All patients have been treated and released.

    “It could have been far worse,” hospital administrator Denise Grimsley said. “I believe there were 30 some-odd children on the bus, it could have been far worse. We could have had major casualties at the scene.”

    “God was smiling on Highlands County today,” she added.

    Both the driver of the school bus and the semi-truck driver suffered minor injuries.

    The semi-truck driver, 45-year-old Stanley Lockwood, was charged with careless driving.

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  3. Dec 13, 2017 #2
    spyder7723

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    No excuse for this. You never strike a loaded school bus, if that means cutting the wheel and taking a ride over the bank, you do it. Careless driving. Thats a ######## slap on the wrist.
     
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  4. Dec 13, 2017 #3
    bigkev1115

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    Dang, what is it with Florida school buses and trucks?
     
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    spyder7723

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    Wide flat roads with few red lights give the false confidence to go faster than you should.
     
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  7. Dec 13, 2017 #5
    bigkev1115

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    Any truck driver with a brain should realize that between 6 30am and 8am and 1 30pm to 4 30pm August to June should anticipate school buses being on the road at any given moment
     
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  8. Dec 15, 2017 #6
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    ELD welcome for more problem
     
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    wore out

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    ELD'S my ###. Let me say again no EXCUSE none
     
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  10. Dec 15, 2017 #8
    bigguns

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    It's not the buses and truck drivers. It is solely the truck drivers.
     
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  11. Dec 15, 2017 #9
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    I am not out on local roads much while the shool buses are running, but the city buses where I live seem to be almost completely above the law. Often, I find it impossible to actually pass them while driving my car legally - simply driving my car at the speed limit gets me passed multiple times by the same bus until that bus either stops for passengers several times in a row or it takes a turn. Had one a few months ago that was desperate to pass while I was bobtailing, began to pass me on the right in a lane merging but stopped for a passenger, caught up with me about half a mile farther down the road, and used the left turn lane to get around me (impeded me when I attempted to move over for a stopped towtruck on the shoulder).
     
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    ELD should stop this from ever happening ever again.o_O
     
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