Tennessee Injury Lawyer Blog

A Tennessee girl was seriously injured when she fell off her bike into a turn lane resulting in a school bus running over her head. Accidents of this nature are disturbing, especially accidents involving children. School buses are the safest way to travel to school. Nonetheless, an average of 20 students are killed every year — five while riding the bus and 15 run over by buses while getting on or off them. The image of students killed or injured in bus accidents can make parents shudder. Below are a few short descriptions of accidents involving buses in Tennessee within the past year.

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• Two students were killed April 28 in Arlington, Va., when a school bus collided with a garbage truck.

• A school bus equipped with seat belts in New York City flipped April 26. The 44 sixth-graders on board suffered minor injuries.

• A 16-year-old high school sophomore died March 29 in Ripley, Okla., when a bus struck a flatbed truck. The driver of the truck also died. The bus driver faces charges of negligent homicide.

New national data show school bus-related accidents send 17,000 U.S. children to emergency rooms each year, more than double the number in previous estimates that only included crashes. Nearly one-fourth of the accidents occur when children are boarding or leaving school buses, while crashes account for 42 percent, the new research shows.

Slips and falls on buses, getting jostled when buses stop or turn suddenly, and injuries from roughhousing are among other ways kids get hurt on school buses, the data found. Injuries range from cuts and sprains to broken bones, but most are not life-threatening and don’t require hospitalization. And while the numbers are higher than previously reported, they represent a small fraction of the 23.5 million children who travel on school buses nationwide each year.

Source: MSNBC.com
Link to article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15581273/

If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident involving a school bus, do not hesitate to call our accident attorneys at Baker Associates. Attorneys at Baker Associates understand how the law may be confusing and difficult to understand. Call (865) 428-2888 or visit our web-site today, and let us help you through the difficult times.