If a threat of a tornado strike is immediate there is one within sight and there is no time to take cover in a public facility, the driver shall drive to the side of the road and evacuate the children taking them to a private resident in a center room or basement this is not preferred but acceptable, or about 200 feet from the bus to a. Gadoe school bus driver severe weathertornado recommendations if there is a tornado watch the district should monitor for the changing status of the weather. School bus drivers take students to shelter during tornado. Tornado, hijacking show value of school bus driver safety. More details emerge in deadly oklahoma collision between. When a tornado watch is issued a school bus driver is to be prepared for a sudden change in weather condition and alert for the appearance of violent wind, rain, hail, or a funnel shaped cloud. School bus tornado policy school bus fleet magazine forums. A district spokesperson says letters containing details of the incident were delivered to parents. Angel had no idea what to do, she stopped the bus and begged god to give her an answer. School bus driver thinks fast as tornado approaches fox.
New audio of school bus driver saving students during. Recording from inside the vehicle documents narrow escape. Bus driver takes care of kids during tornado warning. Need for periodic drills and tornado safety instruction. A school bus driver was injured thursday morning in a west orange county crash. Tornado warning in metro atlanta, georgia on february 6th, 2020. North texas school bus driver comes through during tornado. Severe weather procedures oklahoma state department of. Twentyone children were on board, but none were reported hurt. Aledo isd, school bus driver, tornado warning, tyler logan. Caught on fire, kids, road rage driver, scary tornado chase whats the craziest thing that has happened to you on a bus ride. The school bus driver must know the policy and procedures for evacuation and the students must have participated in practice. This is a school bus that was flattened in a tornado.
She got them to safety just minutes before the bus was tossed around by the twister. Drivers should continue their route under extreme caution and monitor their 2way radio for changing conditions. They escaped in the nick of time, thanks to the quickthinking of their bus driver. After pulling into the school parking lot, she counted off the students as they disembarked. Angel returned to the school with 11 of her remaining students. New video shows a quickthinking school bus driver saving 11 children as a tornado loomed nearby.
Tornado, hijacking show value of school bus driver safety training. Moments before a school bus was torn apart by a tornado, the seats had been filled with children. As part of tornado week, we are sharing amazing stories of true heroes who risked their lives to save others. North texas school bus driver comes through during tornado warning by gilma avalos march 9, 2016 at 12. When a tornado hit here last week, harrison county schools bus drivers were able to pull over and safely take students inside nearby buildings, include a store, a post office and homes, wkyt reports. Henryville in school buses school bus driver, wheels on. They were two of many caught in the middle of a tornado warning just as bus driver logan tyer was making his last few pickups. What if there is a tornado warning while kids wait for the. At least three people are dead including one student after a school bus carrying a middle school softball team collided head on with an suv allegedly driven by a. Its devastating, just friday i parked my bus not knowing it was going to be destroyed, susan brown, a bus driver for the district said. When a tornado warning is issued a school bus driver is.
She was driving them to their homes when suddenly there it was. Bn 8073 burlington northern railroad emd sd402 at tehachapi, california by amy miller. Driving under adverse weather conditions for school bus. It is not meant to be a teaching tool by itself, nor is it designed to be a textbook. When to activate your plan and when it is safe to return to normal activities. Tornado preparedness for school bus drivers stn media.
The response of school bus drivers to a tornado in henryville, indiana, and to a school bus hijacking in henry county, georgia, reinforce the importance of training school transportation staff on safety, security and crisis emergency preparedness procedures. What could of been a deadly situation ended with a happy ending after a school bus driver made a quick decision. Wcyb the tennessee highway patrol says a greene county school bus driver was driving under the influence when she crashed her school bus wednesday afternoon. The model school bus driver training program is a resource manual to aid in the training of minnesota school bus driverssupervisors. After calling for help she decides to head back to school to get the kids somewhere safe. March 2, 2012 quickly became a more hectic day than usual for henryville, indiana school bus driver angel perry. Every driver of a school bus should have some basic knowledge of tornado information and the precautionary measures to take when a warning or a sighting is made. The georgia department of education has very clear guidelines for bus drivers in severe weather situations if there. Dramatic video has emerged showing a school bus in henryville, ind. This is the incredible story of the school bus driver in indiana who got her children. The georgia department of education has very clear guidelines for bus drivers in.
This manual provides information for every minnesota school bus driversupervisor. They were safe inside the school building when the tornado struck. While driving 11 children home from school, the driver notices a tornado. A headon collision friday night left three people dead and six more injured after a suspected drunken driver reportedly crashed into an oklahoma school bus carrying a. Take cover in a substantial building or under an overpass if possible. Winds resulting from a tornado that hit an illinois community on monday flips a districts school bus. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air descending from a.
Transcript for school bus swept up by tornado this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. Calm in the storm, school bus driver keeps kids safe cbs. New audio of school bus driver saving students during henryville, indiana tornado. Two supercells, thunderstorms with rotation and a prolonged updraft, bore down on the town located 20 miles north of louisville, ky.
Transportation guidance iowa department of education. Students, driver injured in tornadorelated bus accident. Earthquake isnt really a weather condition but it is a nonmanmade catastrophic situation. A video shows a school bus driving through floodwaters in iredell county thursday morning.
It shows her being forced to outrun the deadly ef4 tornado with nearly a dozen children on board. A fastmoving tornado monday turned a rockford school district bus on its side, blew down power lines and trees, and leveled homes and farm structures, but it. It started raining extremely hard, hailing and the bus started. As the twister slinked nearer to the bus she gunned the gas and took the children back to the school. Hero driver saves students with special needs moments before bus catches fire. It was prepared for their states bus driver manual.
If none of the former suggestions is available, lie face down in a ditch, ravine or other low area upwind of your parked car. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air descending from. Cameras show texas school bus driver sheltering children as 120 mileperhour winds strike bus. An indiana school bus driver is being hailed as a hero for saving 11 children, right before a tornado threw the bus into a restaurant. Wtvy one houston county bus driver made the safety of her students a priority over getting them to class on time. Bus drivers throughout the county were responsible for finding shelter for the children on their buses once a tornado warning went into effect.
The twister moved four school buses and damaged up. The video, obtained by wcnc charlotte from a viewer, shows the bus driving through a road that was flooded. Tennessee school bus driver charged with dui after crash. Hero bus driver saves kids from tornado inside edition. Police in illinois arrested a school bus driver after they say she was drinking and driving on the job. School bus driver saves dozens of students after bus bursts into. New video shows the heroic acts of a school bus driver on the day of the henryville tornadoes. School bus falls on side after tornado in northern. School bus driver driving school school buses school days school bus conversion magic school bus classic hot rod wheels on the bus busa mary ellen vanderzwaag school buses railpictures. Out of the ferocity that destroyed homes, schools and part of a forest emerged stories of love and death and miracles.
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