The georgia department of education has very clear guidelines for bus drivers in severe weather situations if there. It shows her being forced to outrun the deadly ef4 tornado with nearly a dozen children on board. She was driving them to their homes when suddenly there it was. Cameras show texas school bus driver sheltering children as 120 mileperhour winds strike bus. Transcript for school bus swept up by tornado this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. As part of tornado week, we are sharing amazing stories of true heroes who risked their lives to save others.
Police in illinois arrested a school bus driver after they say she was drinking and driving on the job. Transportation guidance iowa department of education. Tornado, hijacking show value of school bus driver safety training. New audio of school bus driver saving students during henryville, indiana tornado.
Bus driver takes care of kids during tornado warning. This manual provides information for every minnesota school bus driversupervisor. The video, obtained by wcnc charlotte from a viewer, shows the bus driving through a road that was flooded. While driving 11 children home from school, the driver notices a tornado. The response of school bus drivers to a tornado in henryville, indiana, and to a school bus hijacking in henry county, georgia, reinforce the importance of training school transportation staff on safety, security and crisis emergency preparedness procedures. Bus drivers throughout the county were responsible for finding shelter for the children on their buses once a tornado warning went into effect. The georgia department of education has very clear guidelines for bus drivers in. School bus driver thinks fast as tornado approaches fox. When a tornado watch is issued a school bus driver is to be prepared for a sudden change in weather condition and alert for the appearance of violent wind, rain, hail, or a funnel shaped cloud. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air descending from. School bus drivers take students to shelter during tornado. If a threat of a tornado strike is immediate there is one within sight and there is no time to take cover in a public facility, the driver shall drive to the side of the road and evacuate the children taking them to a private resident in a center room or basement this is not preferred but acceptable, or about 200 feet from the bus to a.
Hero bus driver saves kids from tornado inside edition. If none of the former suggestions is available, lie face down in a ditch, ravine or other low area upwind of your parked car. At least three people are dead including one student after a school bus carrying a middle school softball team collided head on with an suv allegedly driven by a. Wcyb the tennessee highway patrol says a greene county school bus driver was driving under the influence when she crashed her school bus wednesday afternoon. Dramatic video has emerged showing a school bus in henryville, ind. Severe weather procedures oklahoma state department of. Calm in the storm, school bus driver keeps kids safe cbs. A video shows a school bus driving through floodwaters in iredell county thursday morning. More details emerge in deadly oklahoma collision between. What could of been a deadly situation ended with a happy ending after a school bus driver made a quick decision. A district spokesperson says letters containing details of the incident were delivered to parents. When a tornado warning is issued a school bus driver is. They were two of many caught in the middle of a tornado warning just as bus driver logan tyer was making his last few pickups. A headon collision friday night left three people dead and six more injured after a suspected drunken driver reportedly crashed into an oklahoma school bus carrying a.
It was prepared for their states bus driver manual. New video shows the heroic acts of a school bus driver on the day of the henryville tornadoes. Twentyone children were on board, but none were reported hurt. Driving under adverse weather conditions for school bus. She got them to safety just minutes before the bus was tossed around by the twister. This is a school bus that was flattened in a tornado. Drivers should continue their route under extreme caution and monitor their 2way radio for changing conditions. When to activate your plan and when it is safe to return to normal activities. Two supercells, thunderstorms with rotation and a prolonged updraft, bore down on the town located 20 miles north of louisville, ky. Gadoe school bus driver severe weathertornado recommendations if there is a tornado watch the district should monitor for the changing status of the weather. This is the incredible story of the school bus driver in indiana who got her children. Moments before a school bus was torn apart by a tornado, the seats had been filled with children. School bus tornado policy school bus fleet magazine forums. An indiana school bus driver is being hailed as a hero for saving 11 children, right before a tornado threw the bus into a restaurant.
As the twister slinked nearer to the bus she gunned the gas and took the children back to the school. The twister moved four school buses and damaged up. Caught on fire, kids, road rage driver, scary tornado chase whats the craziest thing that has happened to you on a bus ride. What if there is a tornado warning while kids wait for the. Angel had no idea what to do, she stopped the bus and begged god to give her an answer.
The school bus driver must know the policy and procedures for evacuation and the students must have participated in practice. New audio of school bus driver saving students during. They were safe inside the school building when the tornado struck. Hero driver saves students with special needs moments before bus catches fire. Recording from inside the vehicle documents narrow escape. Take cover in a substantial building or under an overpass if possible. Every driver of a school bus should have some basic knowledge of tornado information and the precautionary measures to take when a warning or a sighting is made. Tornado warning in metro atlanta, georgia on february 6th, 2020. North texas school bus driver comes through during tornado warning by gilma avalos march 9, 2016 at 12. North texas school bus driver comes through during tornado. March 2, 2012 quickly became a more hectic day than usual for henryville, indiana school bus driver angel perry. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air descending from a. School bus driver saves dozens of students after bus bursts into.
Aledo isd, school bus driver, tornado warning, tyler logan. School bus driver driving school school buses school days school bus conversion magic school bus classic hot rod wheels on the bus busa mary ellen vanderzwaag school buses railpictures. A fastmoving tornado monday turned a rockford school district bus on its side, blew down power lines and trees, and leveled homes and farm structures, but it. Its devastating, just friday i parked my bus not knowing it was going to be destroyed, susan brown, a bus driver for the district said. Students, driver injured in tornadorelated bus accident.
Tennessee school bus driver charged with dui after crash. Wtvy one houston county bus driver made the safety of her students a priority over getting them to class on time. After pulling into the school parking lot, she counted off the students as they disembarked. Bn 8073 burlington northern railroad emd sd402 at tehachapi, california by amy miller. Need for periodic drills and tornado safety instruction. Henryville in school buses school bus driver, wheels on. It is not meant to be a teaching tool by itself, nor is it designed to be a textbook. New video shows a quickthinking school bus driver saving 11 children as a tornado loomed nearby. The model school bus driver training program is a resource manual to aid in the training of minnesota school bus driverssupervisors. Earthquake isnt really a weather condition but it is a nonmanmade catastrophic situation. Angel returned to the school with 11 of her remaining students. Tornado preparedness for school bus drivers stn media. It started raining extremely hard, hailing and the bus started. When a tornado hit here last week, harrison county schools bus drivers were able to pull over and safely take students inside nearby buildings, include a store, a post office and homes, wkyt reports.
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