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Old 02-25-2004, 10:29 PM   #1
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This makes me sad!

There was a really bad accident today involving a school bus and a dump truck filled with asphalt My heart goes out to everyone that was in this! Here is the article


BOWLING GREEN, Mo. — A school bus traveling at highway speed rear-ended a stopped, asphalt-loaded dump truck Wednesday in this eastern Missouri community, killing a ninth-grade girl and the truck's driver, authorities said.

The crash was so severe that the impact sent asphalt flying into the pancaked front end of the bus, covering some of the students with the road-patching material, Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Al Nothum said.

"Some of these kids were buried alive in asphalt," Nothum said.



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Other motorists stopped to help dig out the students, using hands, shovels "and anything they could get their hands on" after the crash about 3:30 p.m., Nothum said.

He said the ninth-grade girl died at the scene, and the truck's driver died later at a hospital.

Two other children were airlifted to St. Louis-area hospitals and were in critical condition Wednesday night, Nothum said. He said the bus driver, also airlifted to a hospital, was believed to be on life support.

At least two dozen other students were taken to other hospitals, mostly with minor injuries ranging from fractures to scrapes and cuts, Nothum said. Most of those students were later released, he said.

"Honestly, because the impact was so dynamic, all that asphalt flew back into the front end of the school bus," Nothum said. "We'll probably find that a lot of the injuries came not only from the impact but some of the flying asphalt."

Nothum said the Bowling Green city dump truck was stopped on the business loop of U.S. 54 near U.S. 61, where the truck's two-man crew was filling potholes. He said one of the workers looked back, saw the fast-approaching bus and narrowly ran for safety an instant before the bus hit, caving in its front end.

It was not immediately clear how fast the bus was traveling – along a straight, flat stretch of road with excellent visibility – at the time of the crash.

"That's the million-dollar question," Nothum said.

"The bus driver could have seen the dump truck stopped for a long way off," Nothum said. "Witnesses say the bus driver never even tapped his brakes. He hit it at a pretty good clip."

The road's posted speed limit is 55 mph.

"We don't think he was driving above that," Nothum said.

Bowling Green High School Principal Kent Hufty told St. Louis' KSDK-TV that the bus was carrying students ranging from kindergarten through 12th grade in the largely rural, 1,500-student Bowling Green R-1 School District.

Bowling Green schools would hold classes Thursday, although students would be given access to counselors at all of the district's four schools, said Kelly Hakenwerth, a secretary at the district's central office.

"We're all very upset. Everyone's very upset," she said.

Bowling Green, in Pike County, is about 80 miles northwest of St. Louis.
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Old 02-25-2004, 10:31 PM   #2
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Oh my gosh, that is horrible. I will keep them in my thoughts and prayers as well. That is unbelievable.
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I know! It makes ya think wether kids are even safe on buses anymore I know if I ever have kids, they won't be riding the school bus!
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Old 02-25-2004, 10:37 PM   #4
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Wow, that's horrible, Julie...I will add them to my prayer list.
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Old 02-25-2004, 10:39 PM   #5
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I'll be sending out some prays as well!
I've been in a couple bus accidents myself but just minor ones where no one really got hurt, I couldn't ever imagine this!
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Old 02-25-2004, 10:43 PM   #6
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I feel so sorry for those children, I'll make sure to keep them all in my prayers
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Quote: (Originally Posted by PaulMcCoygirl) I feel so sorry for those children, I'll make sure to keep them all in my prayers

Hmm, just more news like so much out there. Cruelness, murder, death, poverty, disease, rape, yep yep. I get it. Just life.
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Old 02-25-2004, 10:56 PM   #8
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whoa thats crazy
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That's so scary Julie. I know earlier this year, my daughter's school bus was in a little accident, it hit the bus in front of it and the door jammed shut. No students were injured and they really didn't make a big deal out of it, but that's so scary to think about.
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Quote: (Originally Posted by Torn Signs) Hmm, just more news like so much out there. Cruelness, murder, death, poverty, disease, rape, yep yep. I get it. Just life.
{yes that about says it}
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Quote: (Originally Posted by JulieLovesCreed) I know! It makes ya think wether kids are even safe on buses anymore I know if I ever have kids, they won't be riding the school bus!
my mom makes me take the bus in the morning...

unless she's off and/or she brings me to school

in that case I have to take the bus home...



She doesnt WANT to bring me to school AND pick me up ...
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and....the bus driver is some old guy....80 or 90's maybe 70's


but hes old...

and get this...he goes REALLY fast on the back roads and really slow on the regular roads...


I told my mom that before...AND she STILL has me take the bus...!!!

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i saw that article on stltoday.com when i was searching on there for news on one of my former high school classmates and co-workers was killed in an accident in SoCo the other day (i found out from my sister).
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Quote: (Originally Posted by JulieLovesCreed) There was a really bad accident today involving a school bus and a dump truck filled with asphalt My heart goes out to everyone that was in this! Here is the article


BOWLING GREEN, Mo. — A school bus traveling at highway speed rear-ended a stopped, asphalt-loaded dump truck Wednesday in this eastern Missouri community, killing a ninth-grade girl and the truck's driver, authorities said.

The crash was so severe that the impact sent asphalt flying into the pancaked front end of the bus, covering some of the students with the road-patching material, Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Al Nothum said.

"Some of these kids were buried alive in asphalt," Nothum said.



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Other motorists stopped to help dig out the students, using hands, shovels "and anything they could get their hands on" after the crash about 3:30 p.m., Nothum said.

He said the ninth-grade girl died at the scene, and the truck's driver died later at a hospital.

Two other children were airlifted to St. Louis-area hospitals and were in critical condition Wednesday night, Nothum said. He said the bus driver, also airlifted to a hospital, was believed to be on life support.

At least two dozen other students were taken to other hospitals, mostly with minor injuries ranging from fractures to scrapes and cuts, Nothum said. Most of those students were later released, he said.

"Honestly, because the impact was so dynamic, all that asphalt flew back into the front end of the school bus," Nothum said. "We'll probably find that a lot of the injuries came not only from the impact but some of the flying asphalt."

Nothum said the Bowling Green city dump truck was stopped on the business loop of U.S. 54 near U.S. 61, where the truck's two-man crew was filling potholes. He said one of the workers looked back, saw the fast-approaching bus and narrowly ran for safety an instant before the bus hit, caving in its front end.

It was not immediately clear how fast the bus was traveling – along a straight, flat stretch of road with excellent visibility – at the time of the crash.

"That's the million-dollar question," Nothum said.

"The bus driver could have seen the dump truck stopped for a long way off," Nothum said. "Witnesses say the bus driver never even tapped his brakes. He hit it at a pretty good clip."

The road's posted speed limit is 55 mph.

"We don't think he was driving above that," Nothum said.

Bowling Green High School Principal Kent Hufty told St. Louis' KSDK-TV that the bus was carrying students ranging from kindergarten through 12th grade in the largely rural, 1,500-student Bowling Green R-1 School District.

Bowling Green schools would hold classes Thursday, although students would be given access to counselors at all of the district's four schools, said Kelly Hakenwerth, a secretary at the district's central office.

"We're all very upset. Everyone's very upset," she said.

Bowling Green, in Pike County, is about 80 miles northwest of St. Louis.
My prayers and thoughts are with everyone.
That is awful!!
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