Greenwich, CT — Fourteen people were injured in an accident in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The accident took place on Stanwich Road, around three in the afternoon.
A school bus from the Stanwich School was traveling down the road when it swerved left and hit a tree. At this time, it’s unknown why the driver swerved.
Thirteen students and the driver of the bus were injured in the accident. Emergency workers were forced to extricate the 74-year old driver from the bus. None of the injuries sustained were considered life-threatening.
A school official stated that by Wednesday night, nine of the thirteen students had been released from the hospital.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
If this accident had involved a bus from a public school, there would be very little anyone could do about it. Schools and other municipal entities are protected by sovereign immunity, which makes recovering any sort of damages very difficult. However, this accident involved a bus from a private school, which isn’t afforded those same protections. From what’s been reported in the news, no other vehicles were involved in the accident, so the bus driver, and by extension the school, would be liable for the accident, and the students’ injuries.
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