An elementary student was killed and 23 other students were injured – including one with life-threatening injuries – after their school bus was hit by a minivan and overturned on the first day of school.

The accident occurred on state Route 41 in German Township, Ohio, on Tuesday morning, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said in a news release.

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m a school bus driver and I used to use my high vantage point to count how many passing drivers were looking at their phones instead of ahead of them, and I estimated that it was about 1 in 4. I even had a cop pass me while I had my lights on and kids were about the cross - he was face down in his phone and driving with one hand.

    I stopped counting for the sake of my mental health. I truly don’t understand why I don’t see multiple collisions a day because of this shit.

    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Oh don’t you know? Cops are trained in the use of technology while driving so it’s perfectly safe for them to be buried in their phones or that fucking laptop they have mounted on their center console while running red lights at 80 mph without their sirens on. Don’t even worry about it.