Parents Outraged After Anna Bus Crash Injures 16

Parents are outraged after 16 students were injured in an Anna school bus crash yesterday. Superintendent Dr. Joe Wardell says that the district never received complaints about the driver of the bus, but some parents have said that they made several complaints to the bus driver prior to the accident.

The bus was carrying 32 students on board when it went over a curb and careened through a daycare center parking lot, finally coming to a rest after slamming into a telephone pole. Half of the students on board received injuries and were taken to the hospital.

According to some parents, the driver was seen looking at notes while he was driving. One parent, Marloe Colombo, was quoted as saying she saw the driver reading while driving on the morning of the accident. Colombo's daughter was actually thrown out of the bus during the accident, however, she escaped with minimal injuries.

The Anna Independent School District has stated that the complaints are a surprise. The district has also stated that Anna ISD's bus company, First Student, has a reputation for employing great drivers.

Some parents are still quite outraged. The police have not revealed whether the driver will be cited for the accident.

If the school district ignored complaints and allowed an unsafe driver to hold the lives of 32 students in his hands, they must be held accountable. This sounds like a clear case of negligence on the part of the school district.