A school bus loaded with kids recently crashed into a building in north Houston. Heroic eighth-graders helped pull the bleeding bus driver from the school bus wreck. These same diligent young students also helped shepherd younger students to safety. News reports indicate that injuries among the students were mostly minor. One student went to the hospital complaining of back pain. The school bus driver seems to have taken some of the worst of the injuries.
News accounts mention witnesses stating that the school bus driver might have been going too fast. The school bus driver stated that she lost control of the school bus because another driver, weaving through traffic, cut her off and clipped the bus.
Our Houston injury lawyers note that this is the second major school bus accident in Texas in recent weeks where disaster was narrowly averted. The other involved a school bus struck by a negligent driver. The accident impact was so forceful that it separated the front axle from the school bus. The school bus left the road without its front wheels and traveled through a ditch yet remained upright. The school bus driver rightfully received kudos for keeping the bus upright and the students safe from harm. Such an accident could easily have resulted in a rollover and catastrophic injuries or fatalities, as Houston injury lawyers know from their clients.
Both of these school bus accidents apparently involve encounters with negligent drivers on the road. And as Houston injury lawyers we know that both of these accidents easily could have been far worse. The cost to Texans of negligent drivers is not just monetary. Sometimes we pay in blood and lives. That’s unacceptable. When the costs from negligent driving impact our young school children, the price is simply too high.
The law provides legal recourse for those injured by negligent drivers. The law also gives recourse to those who’ve lost loved ones to negligent drivers. As Houston injury lawyers, we could answer any questions you might have about your options in a free and confidential legal consultation. But money can never replace a lost life or lost health. So we encourage everyone to take care and slow down. Let’s consider the potential costs to others and to ourselves before we get behind the wheel. And let’s drive safer.