• 07
  • February
    2012

The Missouri State Highway Patrol now faces the difficult task of determining who is at fault for a Feb. 3, 2012, accident between a Crest Ridge School District school bus and a car. The crash occurred as school was letting out for the day and the bus was traveling on Highway 50.

Witnesses say that the bus crossed the median and struck a car before eventually coming to rest in a roadside ditch. Two occupants of the vehicle were injured and were taken to a local hospital by paramedics, who were called to the scene. A Missouri Highway Patrol spokesman reports that several students on the bus were injured; the students were not transported by emergency responders, instead opting to travel in private vehicles.

While the investigation into this accident involving a bus and a passenger vehicle is ongoing, a witness interviewed by Kansas City's KMBC reported that accidents are all too common along that particular stretch of Highway 50 in Warrensburg. The station's report also reveals that the bus received severe damage to its front end when it struck the car. Information about the extent of damage to the car involved in the accident was not immediately available.

Given Missouri's recent erratic weather, it is possible that road conditions were to blame for the accident, but investigators are not publicly speculating on the cause at this time. As of the writing of this blog, neither the school bus driver nor the driver of the car had been declared to blame for the crash, but parents who had children on the business will most definitely want answers and want someone to be held accountable.

Source: KMBC, "School Bus, Car Crash Near Warrensburg," KMBC, Feb. 3, 2012