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Mass. school bus driver charged over alleged student assault: ‘I was horrified'
A driver from Ashby accused of assaulting a student on a school bus is out of a job and facing charges. The school district’s superintendent said he could not believe what he saw in video of the incident, and said the driver went too far.
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Mass. superintendent ‘horrified' by school bus driver's alleged assault of student
Authorities have shed more light in the alleged assault of a student by a Massachusetts school bus driver in Ashby on Tuesday. Video of the incident shows “the bus driver physically handle the student,” North Middlesex Regional School District Superintendent Brad Morgan said. “Quite honestly, I was horrified by it,” he added. No injuries were reported in the incident, which…
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School bus driver accused of assaulting student in Ashby
A Massachusetts school bus driver is accused of assaulting a student Tuesday in Ashby. Police and officials with the North Middlesex Regional School District said no injuries were reported in the incident, which was caught on video and is being reviewed. The nature of the alleged assault was not made clear, nor was the age of the student. Other students…
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Driver charged in crash involving school bus in Barre, Mass.
A driver, who crashed into a loaded school bus in Barre, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning, is facing several charges, police said. No one was seriously hurt in the crash on West Street, but one student was taken to the hospital as a precaution, according to Barre police. Images from the scene showed the school bus had crashed into a tree…
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School bus crash injures multiple people in Boston
Massachusetts State Police say occupants, including students, the driver and an adult monitor, are being evaluated for “possible minor injuries.”
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Multiple people injured in school bus crash in Boston
Multiple people were injured following a crash involving a school bus with children aboard in Boston on Tuesday morning. Boston Emergency Medical Services said they responded to the area of 325 Riverway around 7:30 a.m. for a crash involving a school bus. Massachusetts State Police said the crash involved a school bus, a Toyota Camry and three parked vehicles. Children…
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Shocking video shows cars illegally pass school buses in Peabody
Shocking new video from a school bus camera shows a car illegally passing the bus and nearly slamming into a student crossing the street in Peabody, Massachusetts. The student jumps out of the way and falls to the ground — just one of 865 illegal school bus passings caught on camera in the city through September and into early last…
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Video shows danger of illegal school bus passing in Peabody
Peabody is rolling out a new system to prevent cars from illegally passing school buses with their stop lights flashing.
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School bus catches fire in Boston's Hyde Park
A school bus caught fire in Boston on Wednesday. Footage from the scene, on a road in Hyde Park, showed a Boston Public Schools school bus with its hood destroyed and charring above the cab. The Boston Police Department confirmed it had been called to a fire but that Massachusetts State Police were in charge of the investigation. NBC10 Boston…
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New ID cards aim to keep Haverhill students safe getting on and off school buses
In an effort to beef up security, Haverhill Public Schools are introducing new ID cards for students to scan on the bus.
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Haverhill Public Schools has students swiping ID cards to stay safe on school buses
Public schools in Haverhill, Massachusetts are using a new system to try and keep their students safe while riding the school bus. The department is rolling out new ID cards that kids will use when hopping on and off the bus. This system is called Zonar Z Pass, it looks like a student ID and its purpose is to identify…
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WATCH: Video Shows School Bus Crash Into Home
Surveillance footage shows the moment a school bus crashed into a home in Fall River. The driver has been cited.
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Caught-on-Camera Fall River School Bus Crash Sends Child to Hospital
A wild school bus crash that police said sent a child to the hospital was caught on video Monday morning in Fall River, Massachusetts.
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Ohio Bus Driver Saves Student From Being Hit By Car
April Wise, a bus driver for Tecumseh Local Schools in New Carlisle, Ohio, is being hailed a hero after keeping a student from being hit by a car. The school district hopes sharing the video will remind drivers to use caution when driving near school buses.
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School Bus Crashes Into NJ House, Shifting Entire Foundation
A full-size school bus somehow crashed into a house in New Jersey early Friday, slamming into it so hard that it shifted the foundation and compromised the entire structure, authorities say. The crash occurred around 9 a.m. in West Caldwell, near Terrace Place and Passaic Avenue. No kids were aboard the bus. Witnesses said the driver was led from the…
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A Push to Make Boston School Transportation More Reliable
A consultant hired by Boston Public Schools suggested one way to improve school bus performance is to adjust start times across the district.
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Consultant Offers Controversial Solutions to Improve Boston School Bus Performance
A consultant hired by Boston Public Schools has offered several controversial suggestions to fix the troubled school bus system. According to the Boston Globe, the consultant has suggested changing school start times, putting limits on students riding buses and reevaluating which students with disabilities would get service. His suggestions were presented to the school system on Wednesday night trying to…