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2 Months: 3 Drivers
How can you protect yourself?
Western NY bus driver killed by bus
• 23 year veteran driver• Bus yard -- December 2007 • 6:12 am -- dark• 40-50 mph winds • Heavy rain• Walking head down
protecting herself from wind
• Bus mechanic driving bus between lots
Déjà vu 2002 PDS 1. A driver trainer walking to her bus was
struck and killed by a backing school bus• Sunny early afternoon – 1 bus moving on
lot2. An substitute attendant was struck and
critically injured walking to bus.• Striking bus was pulling away from pumps• It happened in the morning semi-darkness
Central NY driver falls from bus
• 5 year veteran driver• January 2008 -- bus zone• Drivers meeting on one bus at
school bus zone before dismissal• Driver drives around circle to pick
up paperwork at another bus• Driver standing in stairwell fell
through doors• Struck head on pavement -- fatal
injury
Déjà vu 1996 PDS
• Bus deadheading after run
• Attendant is in the front of bus talking to the driver
• Collision, bus rolls• Unbelted attendant
ejected and killed
Capital Region Driver Attack• December 2007• Clear skies, clear roads• Buick sedan “school bus”• Returning from private
school pickup -- 1 student• Bus driver reportedly has
a heart attack/seizure crosses centerline
• Head-on crash• Bus driver ejected and
killed -- seat belt?
Déjà vu Heart Attacks, etc.• 2008 Driver loses
consciousness (picture).• 1996 & 1995 PDS, 2 and 1
drivers die of heart attacks while driving students
• 2000 PDS driver with heart medication issues misses stop sign -- 51 injuries
• 1990 PDS Driver loses consciousness – 2 student fatalities