MANSFIELD, TX — Three people were hurt in a serious school bus accident that happened in Mansfield, Texas on Wednesday, February 25th, 2015. Local news said that the accident happened sometime Wednesday morning, but did not clarify the exact time of the accident.
Three people, two adults and a child, were taken to the hospital after a school minibus rollover that happened on an unspecified street in Mansfield. The report said that the minibus wound up on it’s side in the accident, but did nothing to illustrate how the accident happened.
The 6-year-old girl and both adults were taken to the hospital after the accident.
The investigation is currently underway.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary:
Now, we don’t have too much information about the accident, but we do know that the bus somehow wound up on its side after the crash. This clues me into one thing that may have happened: The driver was simply going too fast for the icy conditions. Considering the bus tipped, I’d be willing to bet that the bus lost control. Thing is, I’ve never seen any vehicle involved in a rollover accident that was going at a speed that was safe for conditions. Simply put, driving too slowly rarely, if ever, results in a tip or rollover accident. If the bus driver was going too quickly for the icy road conditions that covered the North Texas area, then the bus driver is probably at fault.
However, it needs to be determined if this school bus was an actual government vehicle, or a vehicle contracted by the school district. What difference does it make? Well, quite a bit, actually. If the bus was contracted, then all the hoops and hurdles set up by the government on the path to filing suit against them are not an issue. If the vehicle was a school bus owned and operated by the school district, however, things may be a little more complex, but much of that can be averted by moving as fast as you can in order to duck underneath the shortened statute of limitation windows.
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