Category: bus

Bus Plunges Off Road on Capri, Lands Near Beach; Driver Dies

ROME—A public bus on the Italian vacation island of Capri crashed through a guardrail and landed on a beach resort area Thursday, fatally injuring the driver, firefighters and Capri’s mayor said. The fire department tweeted that the bus had 11 people on board when it ran off the road near the popular Marina Grande area…


11 Hospitalized After Church Bus, Vehicle Crash in Arkansas

CORNING, Ark.—Authorities say a church bus collided Saturday with another vehicle on a northeastern Arkansas highway, sending at least 11 people to the hospital. Clay County Sheriff Terry Miller said he believes there were 11 people aboard the Tennessee church bus, and that they were all taken to hospitals. He said two of the church…


New York City Bus Driver Stops Man From Kidnapping 2 Children: ‘We Are so Proud’

A sharp-witted New York City bus driver is being recognized as a hero after preventing a man from kidnapping two children. When bus operator Winston Brown spotted a man trying to snatch a child from a young woman boarding his bus on April 10, he acted fast. By closing the doors on the man, at a…


Bus Dramatically Plunges Off Bridge; Driver, Passengers Hurt

NEW YORK—An articulated bus dramatically plunged off a bridge in New York City late Thursday, leaving its front half hanging over a highway ramp, its fall broken only by the road below. The driver was seriously injured in the crash just after 11 p.m. near an interchange of the Cross Bronx and Major Deegan expressways,…


Principal Drives Bus to Take Students Back Home Safely Amid COVID-19 Staff Shortages

A Kentucky school principal has added to her resumé amid staff shortages owing to the pandemic. She has taken on the role of a bus driver to ensure her students get home from school safely. Janet Throgmorton of Fancy Farm Elementary in Graves County, western Kentucky, is acting principal to 184 preschool through sixth-grade students….