Massapequa, NY
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School Bus Crash: 13 Children, Driver Suffer Injuries On Long Island School Bus Crash: 13 Children, Driver Suffer Injuries On Long Island School Bus Crash: 13 Children, Driver Suffer Injuries On Long Island
School Bus Crash: 13 Children, Driver Suffer Injuries On Long Island A crash between a school bus and a pickup truck on Long Island sent 13 students and the drivers of both vehicles to the hospital. The crash took place in Nassau County around 3:30 p.m., Monday, May 1 in East Meadow on Old Westbury Road. According to Nassau County Police officers, a 2009 Toyota pickup truck traveling southbound on Old Westbury Road was in a collision with a 2005 school bus in the vicinity of Melanie Drive. The 66-year-old driver of the school bus and 13 of the 41 children on board, ages kindergarten through 5th grade, were transported to a local hospital…

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by Kathy Reakes
Fairfax, VA
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Shady Bus Drivers Are Trying To Pick Up Kids In Fairfax County, Police Say Shady Bus Drivers Are Trying To Pick Up Kids In Fairfax County, Police Say Shady Bus Drivers Are Trying To Pick Up Kids In Fairfax County, Police Say
Shady Bus Drivers Are Trying To Pick Up Kids In Fairfax County, Police Say UPDATE: No foul play was suspected in the Reston incident, authorities said. ORIGINAL STORY: Police in Fairfax County were probing reports of suspicious buses trying to pick up children. A short white bus with a blue stripe apparently tried to pick up a student at a bus stop on of Southington Lane in Reston, around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, April 13, county police said. A community member tried to speak with the driver but he shut the door and drove off. The driver was described as a white male with facial hair. Then, about ten minutes later, a similar incident involving a different bus was rep…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hagerstown, MD
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Pistol-Packing Elementary School Student Busted With Handgun On Washington County Bus: Sheriff Pistol-Packing Elementary School Student Busted With Handgun On Washington County Bus: Sheriff Pistol-Packing Elementary School Student Busted With Handgun On Washington County Bus: Sheriff
Pistol-Packing Elementary School Student Busted With Handgun On Washington County Bus: Sheriff Members of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office had to be called to an area elementary school after a young student was caught with a weapon while riding the bus, according to officials. During the afternoon dismissal, an elementary school student was found to be in possession of an unloaded handgun during his bus route, raising some alarms for the bus driver and other students being taken home on Wednesday, April 5. The incident was reported to the bus driver by other students, who was then able to secure the student’s belongings, including the handgun, and they returned to the school. …

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by Zak Failla
Gaithersburg, MD
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MD Bus Driver Who Claimed Mental Disorder Made Him Sexually Abuse Special Needs Girls Sentenced MD Bus Driver Who Claimed Mental Disorder Made Him Sexually Abuse Special Needs Girls Sentenced MD Bus Driver Who Claimed Mental Disorder Made Him Sexually Abuse Special Needs Girls Sentenced
MD Bus Driver Who Claimed Mental Disorder Made Him Sexually Abuse Special Needs Girls Sentenced A Montgomery County school bus driver has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually abusing children who rode his bus. Etienne Kabongo, 67, claimed he was not criminally responsible for abusing the four girls due to a mental disorder after he pleaded guilty to the crime, announced the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. Kabongo was accused of abusing the special needs girls, who were ages 12, 12, 18, and 20 at the time of the incidents. Officials began investigating the incidents after one of the victims came forward in 2018. Surveillance footage of t…

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by Annie DeVoe
Fredericksburg, VA
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Youth HS Basketball Coach Accused Of Sexually Explicit Conversation, Touching Player: Sheriff Youth HS Basketball Coach Accused Of Sexually Explicit Conversation, Touching Player: Sheriff Youth HS Basketball Coach Accused Of Sexually Explicit Conversation, Touching Player: Sheriff
Youth HS Basketball Coach Accused Of Sexually Explicit Conversation, Touching Player: Sheriff A former volunteer basketball coach at a Stafford County high school has been arrested for allegedly acting inappropriately with a student on the team during a road trip, according to the sheriff’s office. Fredericksburg resident Tyler Trotter, 25, formerly a coach at Brooke Pointe High School, is facing charges following an investigation by the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office into alleged “indecent liberties with a child.” A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said that earlier this month, a minor reported that she was on a Stafford County school bus traveling to an away game when an a…

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by Zak Failla
Lakewood, NJ
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Student Struck By Car In Lakewood Student Struck By Car In Lakewood Student Struck By Car In Lakewood
Student Struck By Car In Lakewood An 18-year-old student was struck by a car after exiting a school bus late Wednesday, March 22 in Lakewood, authorities said. The incident occurred at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Courtney Road, Lakewood police said. The school bus was traveling south on Madison Avenue prior to the driver activating its flashing red lights, police said. After coming to a stop at the northwest corner of Courtney Road, the student exited the bus and began crossing over towards the northbound lane, police said.  As he cleared the bus he was struck by a 2020 Acura operated by a 24-year-old Howe…

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by Jon Craig
Gaithersburg, MD
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Montgomery County School Bus Crashes Head On Into Passenger Van: Police Montgomery County School Bus Crashes Head On Into Passenger Van: Police Montgomery County School Bus Crashes Head On Into Passenger Van: Police
Montgomery County School Bus Crashes Head On Into Passenger Van: Police Authorities say that a school bus full of kids is safe after colliding with a passenger van on Wednesday morning. The van appeared to have crashed head-on with the occupied bus around 9 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, in the 9600 block of Accord Drive, off River Road, according to a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson.  Rescue personnel quickly arrived to help after the collision, and evaluated all parties involved, he said. Update (~9a) Accord Dr, Potomac, collision, involved passenger vehicle & occupied school bus, ~30 passengers on bus, @MCFRS_EMIHS evaluated everyone invol…

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by Annie DeVoe
Gaithersburg, MD
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School Bus Driver In MD Responsible For Sexually Abusing Special Needs Passengers: Prosecutors School Bus Driver In MD Responsible For Sexually Abusing Special Needs Passengers: Prosecutors School Bus Driver In MD Responsible For Sexually Abusing Special Needs Passengers: Prosecutors
School Bus Driver In MD Responsible For Sexually Abusing Special Needs Passengers: Prosecutors Prosecutors say that a school bus driver in Montgomery County who drove special education students was found criminally responsible for sexually abusing four girls on his route following a lengthy investigation. Gaithersburg resident Etienne Kabongo, 67, was found guilty by a jury on Thursday, Feb. 9 to multiple counts of rape and sexual abuse of a minor after one of his victims came forward and several other victims were identified during the investigation. A driver for Montgomery County Public Schools, officials said that one of Kabongo’s victims came forward following an incident in July…

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by Zak Failla
Yonkers, NY
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School Bus Hits 2 Teens, 78-Year-Old Driver Leaves Scene In Yonkers: Police School Bus Hits 2 Teens, 78-Year-Old Driver Leaves Scene In Yonkers: Police School Bus Hits 2 Teens, 78-Year-Old Driver Leaves Scene In Yonkers: Police
School Bus Hits 2 Teens, 78-Year-Old Driver Leaves Scene In Yonkers: Police A school bus driven by a 78-year-old man hit two 16-year-olds before then leaving the scene in Westchester County, police said.  The incident happened on Tuesday morning, Jan. 31 in Yonkers when the two teens were crossing the street while the bus turned left from Warburton Avenue onto Lamartine Avenue, Yonkers Police Public Information Officer Dean Politopoulos said.  The two teens suffered minor injuries and were treated at a hospital. They were later released.  The driver of the bus initially told police that he was unaware that he had hit anyone. However, after…

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by Ben Crnic
West Chester, PA
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Man Boards School Bus, Touches Girl In Chester County: Officials Man Boards School Bus, Touches Girl In Chester County: Officials Man Boards School Bus, Touches Girl In Chester County: Officials
Man Boards School Bus, Touches Girl In Chester County: Officials Police are seeking the public's help in identifying the man who boarded a Coatesville school bus and touched a student early Thursday, Jan. 26. The man got on the bus that had stopped to pick up students around 6:50 a.m. at E. Chestnut and N. 6th streets, sat next to a girl and inappropriately touched her leg, officials said. The Coatesville Area School District Police are investigating.

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by Cecilia Levine
Manassas, VA
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School Bus Cleared After Bomb Threat In VA Deemed Not Credible, Police Say School Bus Cleared After Bomb Threat In VA Deemed Not Credible, Police Say School Bus Cleared After Bomb Threat In VA Deemed Not Credible, Police Say
School Bus Cleared After Bomb Threat In VA Deemed Not Credible, Police Say A school bus at Forest Park High School had to be cleared on Thursday afternoon after officials received a threat reportedly targeting the vehicle, according to police. Shortly after 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, the Prince William County Police Department announced it was called to investigate an alleged bomb threat aboard a school bus, which was returned to the high school, and students were safely removed. Officials say that the bus remained unoccupied as a Bomb K9 responded to the scene. *UPDATE: Ref #bombthreat aboard bus at Forest Park HS; the bus has been cleared. No device was …

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by Zak Failla
Manassas, VA
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Pellet-Firing Teen Charged For 'Shooting Missile' At Prince William County School Bus: Police Pellet-Firing Teen Charged For 'Shooting Missile' At Prince William County School Bus: Police Pellet-Firing Teen Charged For 'Shooting Missile' At Prince William County School Bus: Police
Pellet-Firing Teen Charged For 'Shooting Missile' At Prince William County School Bus: Police Police say that a Philadelphia teen was causing trouble in Virginia on Monday afternoon and he now faces charges in Prince William County for shooting projectiles at a school bus. Yazid Abdul Withrow Thomas, 18, was arrested in Woodbridge on Monday, Jan. 9, following an investigation into an incident involving a school bus occupied by a driver and one student, according to officials. Shortly before 4 p.m. on Monday afternoon, police say that they were called to the intersection of Rollingwood Drive and Jenny Drive to investigate reports of projectiles that were shot at the bus. While respo…

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by Zak Failla