STUTTGART, AR — Police said that Charles Harp, Michael Harper, and a student were hurt when a school bus and a bread truck collided in Stuttgart, Arkansas on Friday, April 24th, 2015. News reports out of central Arkansas said that the accident took place just minutes before 7:30 Friday morning.
61-year-old Charles Harp, 38-year-old Michael Harper and an unidentified student were hurt when a bread truck collided with a school bus while driving through the intersection of Buerkle and 22nd Streets. Right now, police have reason to believe that the school bus may have run the red light when it hit the bread truck.
Harp, Harper, and the unnamed student were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries.
Arkansas State police are investigating the accident at this time.
Scene of the Accident
View of the Road
Commentary:
The news seemed pretty clear on the fact that the school bus may have run the stop sign when it struck the bread truck. What does this mean? Well, given that the school bus is owned and operated by the Stuttgart School District, things are going to be a little more complicated, given the involvement of a government vehicle. Why? Because the government has done a great deal to protect themselves from accident claims with policies and rules that swat claims away before they even become an issue. Even when things are so black and white as a red-light running school bus, there are still hurdles and hoops to jump over and through. Above anything else, moving quickly on your feet is more than likely going to bear the best benefits for victims. Why? In a lot of areas claims against the government have dramatically shorter time limitations that dismantle claims before they have to actually be dealt with. It is by no means impossible to file a claim against the government, it just takes somebody fairly experienced to help navigate the roadblocks along the way.
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