11 year old Wood Middle School student killed after collision with MCPS bus driver

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard there have been multiple collisions at that intersection in recent years. It's so sad.

And yet they didn't do anything? Despicable.

[Anonymous]

This is so heartbreaking. I do think this is a good time to remind our children how to be safer on roads. Make eye contact with cars before going on a crosswalk, only cross at the walk sign, let distracted drivers pass before crossing, walk your bike instead of riding when crossing. I see drivers and kids taking so many dangerous actions on roads.

[Anonymous]

When I was in ES, a girl's coat tie got cought on the school bus door handle. As the bus pulled away she was pulled under and killed. Her mother was a foot from her at the time. It would be nice if all traffic deaths could be prevented but that is not on MCPS.

So sorry for the family and community.

[Anonymous]

Busses have cameras for sending fines to passing drivers. There is video of this incident.

There is going to be a police investigation of this incident.

If the victim's family or supporters have money, there will be subpoenas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Busses have cameras for sending fines to passing drivers. There is video of this incident.

There is going to be a police investigation of this incident.

If the victim's family or supporters have money, there will be subpoenas.

Then a settlement and a non-disclosure agreement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so heartbreaking. I do think this is a good time to remind our children how to be safer on roads. Make eye contact with cars before going on a crosswalk, only cross at the walk sign, let distracted drivers pass before crossing, walk your bike instead of riding when crossing. I see drivers and kids taking so many dangerous actions on roads.

The eye contact thing is so much harder these days with tinted windshields. Even as a driver, I hate not being able to see the other drivers' faces.

It's simple. Don't cross if you don't make eye contact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so heartbreaking. I do think this is a good time to remind our children how to be safer on roads. Make eye contact with cars before going on a crosswalk, only cross at the walk sign, let distracted drivers pass before crossing, walk your bike instead of riding when crossing. I see drivers and kids taking so many dangerous actions on roads.

The eye contact thing is so much harder these days with tinted windshields. Even as a driver, I hate not being able to see the other drivers' faces.

It's simple. Don't cross if you don't make eye contact.

These are kids. They don’t think or act like adults. It’s our job to keep them safe. Is it hard to be a bus driver, absolutely yes. It’s a huge responsibility. Not too different from a pool lifeguard. Some just sit up there. Some are scanning every second. Sad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so heartbreaking. I do think this is a good time to remind our children how to be safer on roads. Make eye contact with cars before going on a crosswalk, only cross at the walk sign, let distracted drivers pass before crossing, walk your bike instead of riding when crossing. I see drivers and kids taking so many dangerous actions on roads.

The eye contact thing is so much harder these days with tinted windshields. Even as a driver, I hate not being able to see the other drivers' faces.

It's simple. Don't cross if you don't make eye contact.

These are kids. They don’t think or act like adults. It’s our job to keep them safe. Is it hard to be a bus driver, absolutely yes. It’s a huge responsibility. Not too different from a pool lifeguard. Some just sit up there. Some are scanning every second. Sad.

It’s our job to teach them and drill it into them precisely because they are little. Shoot, adults need this reminder too. No eye contact, no cross. (I am not implying it was an issue with this tragedy).

[Anonymous]

I came from a different part of the country and I have been shocked by how unsafe the MoCo roads are. You have very narrow roads with parking on both sides of the street, often no sidewalks (or uneven, broken sidewalks with no shoulder strip), trees that block visilbirt and overgrown shrubbery that obstructs sidewalks or other pedestrian/bike areas, hills that make bikes or scooters come down unexpectedly quickly. I am constantly on high anxiety driving through pit neighborhoods.

I am so sorry for the family’s loss.

[Anonymous]

What a terrible loss. So many hearts are broken and so many people are traumatized. I will pray especially for those directly impacted, but also for the larger community. Sending love to everyone who is hurting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so heartbreaking. I do think this is a good time to remind our children how to be safer on roads. Make eye contact with cars before going on a crosswalk, only cross at the walk sign, let distracted drivers pass before crossing, walk your bike instead of riding when crossing. I see drivers and kids taking so many dangerous actions on roads.

The eye contact thing is so much harder these days with tinted windshields. Even as a driver, I hate not being able to see the other drivers' faces.

It's simple. Don't cross if you don't make eye contact.

These are kids. They don’t think or act like adults. It’s our job to keep them safe. Is it hard to be a bus driver, absolutely yes. It’s a huge responsibility. Not too different from a pool lifeguard. Some just sit up there. Some are scanning every second. Sad.

Why are people assuming the child was crossing the street? She was on her bike and could have been in the bike lane on the right side and for whatever reason wobbled as the bus drove by. This is a terrible tragedy and yes, a good time for safety reminders, but let’s not assume we know what actually happened yet.

[Anonymous]

Haven’t read all these posts but wanted to share that I had a family killed after getting run over by a school bus when they were 18. They stopped the bike quickly at an intersection and flipped over the handlebars. The bus driver had no way to see them on the ground and then continued to driver the empty bus after running over them. Turns out (thanks to lawsuits and several studies) that the hydrolics in newer buses make it so smooth the driver can’t tell they are running over a body. The parents used the city and lost.

I don’t know the circumstances of this young girls death, but it’s possible that it’s literally an accident and nobody is at fault. This day will change the lives of the driver, family, and the students on the bus forget and that’s where our energy should be right now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so heartbreaking. I do think this is a good time to remind our children how to be safer on roads. Make eye contact with cars before going on a crosswalk, only cross at the walk sign, let distracted drivers pass before crossing, walk your bike instead of riding when crossing. I see drivers and kids taking so many dangerous actions on roads.

The eye contact thing is so much harder these days with tinted windshields. Even as a driver, I hate not being able to see the other drivers' faces.

It's simple. Don't cross if you don't make eye contact.

These are kids. They don’t think or act like adults. It’s our job to keep them safe. Is it hard to be a bus driver, absolutely yes. It’s a huge responsibility. Not too different from a pool lifeguard. Some just sit up there. Some are scanning every second. Sad.

Why are people assuming the child was crossing the street? She was on her bike and could have been in the bike lane on the right side and for whatever reason wobbled as the bus drove by. This is a terrible tragedy and yes, a good time for safety reminders, but let’s not assume we know what actually happened yet.

Probably because there’s not a bike lane there and that shoulder is often full of parked cars so it would be impractical to try and ride in it. If you lived in the neighborhood and were familiar with the scene, it’s pretty obvious what happened.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so heartbreaking. I do think this is a good time to remind our children how to be safer on roads. Make eye contact with cars before going on a crosswalk, only cross at the walk sign, let distracted drivers pass before crossing, walk your bike instead of riding when crossing. I see drivers and kids taking so many dangerous actions on roads.

The eye contact thing is so much harder these days with tinted windshields. Even as a driver, I hate not being able to see the other drivers' faces.

It's simple. Don't cross if you don't make eye contact.

These are kids. They don’t think or act like adults. It’s our job to keep them safe. Is it hard to be a bus driver, absolutely yes. It’s a huge responsibility. Not too different from a pool lifeguard. Some just sit up there. Some are scanning every second. Sad.

Why are people assuming the child was crossing the street? She was on her bike and could have been in the bike lane on the right side and for whatever reason wobbled as the bus drove by. This is a terrible tragedy and yes, a good time for safety reminders, but let’s not assume we know what actually happened yet.

Probably because there’s not a bike lane there and that shoulder is often full of parked cars so it would be impractical to try and ride in it. If you lived in the neighborhood and were familiar with the scene, it’s pretty obvious what happened.

Then tell us. The bus and girl were moving in the same direction.

[Anonymous]

My understand is that she was between the bus and the curb going the same direction. The bus turned right and didn’t see her, possible blind spot? As it turned right. She was caught by the rear of the bus as it turned.

It’s awful

And to the cameras poster. I don’t think the curb side of a bus has a camera? Even if it does it wouldn’t have been recording as the stop sign wasn’t out.