School Bus Collision Sent Student to Nearby Hospital

Bryan, TX (10/29/2020) – A Bryan school bus was involved in a multi-vehicle wreck Thursday morning. 

The wreck occurred around 6:38 a.m. on US 190. The school bus was stopped with its lights activated to pick up a child when it was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer. The truck also hit the back of an SUV stopped next to the school bus. 

As a result of the wreck, a 13-year-old female student was taken to the hospital in Bryan with minor injuries.

The bus driver was also taken to the hospital as a precaution. 

The SUV driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital by family members.

The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured and was given a citation by troopers.

Crash investigators will review all factors that may have led up to the accident and police reports will be made available in fourteen days.

School Bus Accidents

Collisions involving school buses are a serious matter. In fact, according to the NHTSA, of the 320,874 fatal more vehicle crashes from 2007 to 2016, 1,147 of those crashes were school-transportation-related. As a result of the above school bus collision, one student was left with minor injuries, and two drivers were taken to the hospital.

School transportation collisions are just one of many types of collisions attorneys Sutliff and Stout represent. If you need to discuss a rear-end accident case with a personal injury lawyer from Sutliff & Stout, Injury & Accident Law Firm feel free to give us a call at (713) 987-7111 or contact us online.

Source: The Eagle

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