Berkeley, CA — More than twenty people were taken to local hospitals after an accident that involved eight vehicles, one of them a school bus full of kids, on Monday, August 10, 2015. The accident took place on Interstate 80.
Local sources say that a school bus taking a group of children to a local park crashed into a vehicle driving ahead of it. This set of a chain reaction with six other vehicles. Police say that most of the injuries caused by the accident were minor.
In all, 23 people were taken to local hospitals for treatment. Another 17 were not injured. Twenty kids and adults were on board the school bus, which was being used by Camp Kee Tov. The school bus had no seat belts.
What caused the accident is unknown. Local sources are currently investigating.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
Accidents involving, or rather, caused, by school buses are usually a little tricky because the bus is usually owned by the state. That means that they enjoy certain government protections. However, this school bus was being used by a local day camp, which I’m assuming is a private business. That means that they would be subject to the same processes as anyone else who caused an accident like this.
Look, this accident was nowhere near as bad as it could have been. I’m not going to sit here and trying making a case for keeping the bus driver from behind the wheel for the rest of their lives. That’s a little extreme. However, children were hurt here. And if it happened because a bus rear-ended someone on the highway, that means the driver was either following someone too closely, driving too fast, or just wasn’t paying attention. They don’t need to be locked up because of it, but they do need to be held accountable. They’re transporting a group of children, and should be held to a higher standard.
— Grossman Law Offices
