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Old 09-15-2015, 09:12 AM   #1
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Horrible Crash- One Killed

One student dead, 3 others injured after school bus crashes in southeast Houston | abc13.com

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Old 09-15-2015, 09:40 AM   #2
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Pretty awful. The bus went over a freeway guardrail and dropped about 20 something feet to the road below. Miracle more did not die.
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Five people on board at the time of the wreck. Can you imagine if the bus was built like an RV?!?!?!? The bus did its job to the best of its ability under the circumstances. A BIG salute to International on this build! It could have been MUCH worse!
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Old 09-15-2015, 12:24 PM   #4
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2nd student now dead. My heart aches for the families.
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Old 09-15-2015, 12:27 PM   #5
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Five people on board at the time of the wreck. Can you imagine if the bus was built like an RV?!?!?!? The bus did its job to the best of its ability under the circumstances. A BIG salute to International on this build! It could have been MUCH worse!
Exactly mine and my wife's reason for wanting to convert a bus and not just buy a matchbox built RV. I've worked on them for over 35 years and unless they are built on a bus chassis they are just not what I'd want to put my family's safety at risk with any longer. Blame it on my advancing age and growing shortage on bodily risk taking. I just don't trust them for the long haul any more.

Our prayer's go out to them.
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