- Jeffrey Meldon | April 28, 2009 10:14 AM | Gainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL
Category:
Tractor-Trailer Accidents
A big rig driver battles drowsiness on a 40-hour haul, a cell phone distracts him, and a school bus is stopped directly ahead on a busy highway in afternoon traffic.
Such was the horrifying scene...
- Eddie Farah | April 17, 2009 12:18 AM | Jacksonville, FL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
An early morning rush led to the injury of six students when a school bus was struck by an SUV.
Just after 9 a.m., police were called to the collision at the intersections of Firestone and Melvin...
- Eddie Farah | April 08, 2009 1:35 AM | Jacksonville, FL
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
Seven months after a school bus erupted into flames, killing one student aboard, the driver of an 18-wheeler that caused the crash has finally been arrested.
30-year-old Reinaldo Gonzales turned...
- Eddie Farah | March 19, 2009 11:37 PM | Jacksonville, FL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
This is a story that could have had a much worse ending.
A tractor-trailer rear-ended a school bus on a field trip in downtown Jacksonville this morning. The kids from Lake Forest Elementary...
- Eddie Farah | February 21, 2009 11:07 PM | Jacksonville, FL
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
This Jacksonville school bus driver had simply had enough. Several Ribault Middle School students were messing around on the bus, threatening to open the emergency door on the back of the bus.
A...
- Eddie Farah | January 25, 2009 1:28 AM | Jacksonville, FL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
Wednesday after school, a North Florida school bus was taking kids home when a 16-year-old driver of a pickup truck failed to stop at an intersection and rear-ended the bus.
Things could have been...
- Eddie Farah | October 18, 2008 2:34 AM | Jacksonville, FL
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
NHTSA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, issued new rules this week that will improve the nation’s 474,000 school buses. Seat and shoulder belts will be required on small...
- Eddie Farah | September 05, 2008 11:01 PM | Jacksonville, FL
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
It is truly a parent's worst nightmare.
School has been in session in Florida for nearly a week and in Tallahassee a school bus, a minivan, and a cement mixer truck collided this week killing an...
- Sandy Grinnell | August 13, 2008 2:52 PM | Orlando, FL
Category:
Miscellaneous
It may not feel like summer is over, but for most Florida students summer vacation ends in about two weeks. As you take the kids shopping for new clothes and school supplies, it's the perfect time...
- Joseph Bernardo | May 01, 2008 10:26 PM | Ft. Myers, FL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
The recent serious car and school bus crash at a local dangerous intersection has apparently prompted action to get a street light installed. Things are now moving faster after a woman and her...