On February 23, 2024, a school bus carrying 28 students crashed into a vehicle in Reserve, Louisiana. According to local news outlets, the 2021 Kia Soul was travelling on LA-44 making a right turn when a school bus entered the intersection from LA-3179 and hit the Kia Soul head on. Unfortunately, the driver of the Kia Soul died, the crash is still under investigation.
School bus-related crashes killed 108 people nationwide in 2021, according to the National Safety Council (NSC) from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
A school bus-related crash is defined by NHTSA as any crash in which a vehicle, regardless of body design, used as a school bus is directly or indirectly involved. This includes incidents involving school children getting in or out of a vehicle.
From 2012 to 2021, about 70% of the deaths in school bus-related crashes were occupants of vehicles other than the school bus. Of the people injured in school bus-related crashes from 2012 to 2021, about 30% were school bus passengers, 9% were school bus drivers, and 53% were occupants of other vehicles.
If you were injured in a bus crash or lost a loved one in a bus crash, contact the experienced lawyers at Taylor & McDowell Law to help you navigate this difficult time. The attorneys can work with injured bus passengers and other motorists struck by buses. If your loved one lost their life in a bus accident, we can also help you with a wrongful death case.