6 Hospitalized in School Bus Rear-Ending Accident in Austin, Texas

According to KXAN, 6 people were injured in an accident involving a school bus and a passenger vehicle in Austin, Texas. The incident occurred around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, February 15 when a sedan rear-ended the Manor Independent School District bus on U.S. Highway 290. EMS crews evaluated 42 patients at the accident scene, with 6 requiring hospitalization. The 6 were either taken to St. David's Pflugerville or St. David's in Austin.

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I hope the 6 injured (believed to be high school aged) students fully recover from the accident. If the reports are accurate and the sedan rear-ended the bus, causing injuries to multiple people on board, they would each have a claim against the driver of that vehicle.
For this claim to be applicable, victims would need to prove that a duty existed on the roadway (typically safe operation of a motor vehicle) and that this duty was breached by the defendant. There is no law that says an insurance adjuster must pay out damages to a victim, so they will always be tasked with providing evidence why they deserve to be compensated. From there, a victim need only to produce an accurate account of damages incurred, and of course the defendant must be solvent for a claim to proceed.

Austin Personal Injury Attorney Michael Grossman