SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CAUSES INJURIES TO NINE JOLIET STUDENTS
This morning, nine (9) elementary aged students from Joliet sustained injuries when a school bus driver lost control while making a u-turn and forced the school bus into a ditch. The bus driver was ticketed for failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision. The driver, Jeffrey Baranski, 63-years-old, was driving north on Route 53 when he attempted to turn the school bus around to travel southbound. Baranski lost control of the bus while making the u-turn and the bus entered a ditch in the center median. According to reports, the students were thrown forward on impact, with several suffering neck and back soreness.
School bus safety is a major concern to parents and school administrators throughout the United States. Each year, a number of students sustained significant injuries or worse, death, as a result of school bus accidents. Jeffrey J. Kroll was quoted in an April 2010 School Transportation News article entitled "The Cost of Hiring the Wrong Bus Driver." and school bus safety is a frequent topic on his blog. The Law Offices of Jeffrey J. Kroll handles all types of transportation injury cases, including school bus accident cases.
