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Old May 9th 05, 09:33 PM
Karen E.
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Ted B. wrote:
> "laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE" > wrote in message
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>
>>Now watch criminal-coddler america let the driver off with a fine.
>>
>>http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/11602302.htm
>>
>>By ELAINE ADAMS
>>
>>The Kansas City Star
>>
>>
>>Two persons died this morning in a wreck with a school bus at Missouri
>>291 and Missouri 152 in Liberty. The crash left two children in
>>critical condition and a third headed to intensive care.
>>
>>The wreck occurred around 8:30 a.m. when the bus, traveling south on
>>Missouri 291, collided with two vehicles on eastbound Missouri 152,
>>said Lt. Mark Misenhelter, spokesman for Liberty Police Department.
>>
>>The two persons who were killed were not in the bus. Their names and
>>ages were not immediately released.
>>
>>(snip)
>>
>>Woolery said the bus was traveling at a high speed when it uprooted a
>>pole, jumped a median and slammed into two vehicles that were side by
>>side at the stop light. The bus then plunged into a grassy ditch and
>>landed on an embankment above.
>>

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>
> OK, couldn't read the referenced article, as it is subscription required.
> But could you please quote the part of the article which states that the bus
> driver was speeding? "High speed" isn't necessarily unlawful, nor even over
> the speed limit. This was reported elsewhere as being at the intersection
> of two highways. Therefore, the bus could have been going 55 or 65MPH
> lawfully (depending on the speed limit). Some reporters might call 55 or
> 65MPH "high speed".
>
> In any case, even if the bus driver was speeding, what needs to be answered
> is . . . what was the primary cause of this traffic collision? To me, it
> sounds like the driver lost control (heart attack?, stroke?). The bus could
> have been going twice the legal posted limit. But if so, that still doesn't
> explain what caused the bus to veer off the highway and hit two vehicles on
> a different highway. If we assume for a minute that the bus was indeed
> speeding, then the most likely result would be that the bus crossed the
> intersection faster than the bus was legally allowed to. THAT didn't
> happen, so why didn't it happen? -Dave
>
>


Preliminary thoughts are that the bus was attempting to make a right
turn at the intersection and blew the turn, striking the two vehicles
which were waiting at the light. This link should give you up-to-date
iinformation without a subscription. It's the local ABC affiliate.
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/...81/detail.html
A lot of information is still forthcoming. The school district just held
a press conference and didn't have a lot of new stuff to tell. Feds are
on their way and due int his afternoon to investigate, conditions of the
injured will be released by the treating hospitals (three hospitals
received patients from the wreck: North Kansas City, Liberty, and
Children's Mercy)


Karen E.

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