Sunday, August 8, 2010

Aussie News 15: Two killed, at least 50 injured in Missouri school bus crash

An accident which involving two school buses, a tractor trailer and a pick-up truck occured at 10.15am on I-44 and Highway 100 near Gray Summit, Missouri. In this accident, two people were killed and at least 50 others were injured. The two people who were killed in the crush were one female student and the male pick-up truck driver. Besides that, some of the students were seriously injured and they were hospitalised.
The students were having their annual trip to the Six Flags amusement park amusement park in Eureka, Missouri. The students were from 8th grades of the St James Middle School and 9th-12th grades of the John F Hodge High School in St James.
The driver of the tractor trailer who involved in the accident said that first was the pick-up truck hit his tractor trailer. Then his tractor trailer struck the first school bus. The first school bus rode up onto the top of the truck, followed by the crash of the second school bus.
However, the actual cause of this accident still under investigation.

Comment:
Most of the accidents happen will grab people's life. So, all the road users should practice safety precaution and obey all the rules to make sure that the road are free from accidents.

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