The driver of a school bus that ran over a kindergartner Tuesday afternoon has been charged with 2nd degree vehicular homicide. Sharon Denise Dale, 39, apparently lost track of one of the six children she had just let off the bus near Vanderbilt Court and Hobart Drive and began to pull forward, running over 5-year-old Everette Johnson with the front tire of the bus. The boy was rushed to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
This tragedy is a grim reminder of the extra caution that must be used by school bus operators. Of the 152 children that have died in school transportation crashes since 1997, 69% were killed by the school bus itself. According to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study, in 57 percent of all crashes involving fatalities to occupants of a school transportation vehicle, the principal point of impact was the front of the vehicle. Typically, these accidents occur when the driver negligently pulls forward without first ensuring that all children have safely passed in front of the bus.
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