Recent Bus Accident Involving School Children - Elk Grove
By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 Yesterday in Elk Grove, California, a suburb south of Sacramento California, an Elk Grove "E-Tran" bus transporting students was in a traffic accident where three students were injured. According to media reports (e.g. Fox 40 and the Sacramento Bee ), the bus driver says the bus was proceeding through a green light and was cut off by a driver turning right at a red light. Traffic information will be reviewed . Although the media reports seem to point to the car driver being at fault, with school bus accidents things are not always as clear cut as they seem. For example, video footage inside the bus may show something different, such as a driver looking the other way or even texting. Sadly, we all remember the fatal California train crash in 2008 where the operator was texting just prior to impact. It was very lucky that the students involved were not seriously in...