YOU NEED AUTO CRASH LAWYERS, CAR ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS part 2

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About 9:30 a.m. on Thursday May 28, 2008, a 2002 Bluebird/International 65-passenger school bus operated by the Okaloosa County School District, transporting 14 third-grade students, 3 adult passengers, and the 60-year-old bus driver on a school-sponsored field trip, was traveling westbound on Interstate 10 (I-10). Also known as Florida State Route 8 at the accident location, I-10 is a two-way, four-lane divided highway,
approximately 10 miles east of Milton, Florida. The school bus had departed from the Walker Elementary School and was en route to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.

The school bus was traveling in the right traffic lane at the vehicle’s governed maximum speed of 55 mph when, for unknown reasons, the bus driver drifted partially into the left lane of I-10 westbound. At the same time, a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling westbound in the left lane at a driver-estimated speed of 70–75 mph. As the Tahoe was passing the school bus, and the school bus drifted into the left lane, the Tahoe’s right-front bumper struck the left-rear bumper of the bus. The roadway is flat, and the posted speed limit is 70 mph at the accident location.

As a result of the impact and difference in vehicle bumper heights, the right-front bumper of the Tahoe became snagged on the left-rear bumper corner of the school bus, and both vehicles remained in contact for approximately 17–18 feet.1 As a result of the impact from the rear by a vehicle traveling at a higher rate of speed, the school bus veered back into the right lane and dragged the Tahoe into the right lane, where the vehicle’s bumper then separated. The Tahoe slowed and continued forward onto the left shoulder and grass median of I-10, while the school bus passed the Tahoe and continued onto the left shoulder and grass median and began to yaw counterclockwise. Furrow marks in the center median indicate that, after the bus entered the median, it began to rotate clockwise as it reached the center of the median. After the front-left tire of the school bus began to plow into the earthen median, the bus overturned. Physical evidence at the scene indicated that the bus rolled over at least twice (720 degrees) before coming to final rest. In addition, the bus body separated from the chassis at a point just beyond the engine unit rearward.

The Florida Highway Patrol traffic accident report indicated that neither driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the accident. The accident report noted ―Improper Lane Change‖ by the school bus driver as a contributing cause to the accident.

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