About 6:55 a.m., on September 27, 1984, a northbound Florida East Coast Railway Company freight train struck a westbound Indian River Academy schoolbus stalled at a grade crossing on Walton Road in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The 1968 Bluebird/Chevrolet 66-passenger schoolbus was occupied by the driver and four students. Two of the students fled the stopped schoolbus before impact and were not injured. In the collision, the schoolbus body separated from the chassis, and the three remaining occupants were ejected. The two students were killed, and the busdriver was injured seriously. Neither of the two train crewmembers were injured. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the inadequate standards for certifying nonpublic schoolbus drivers, insufficient training and testing programs, and the limited experience of the schoolbus driver, which led to the intrusion of the schoolbus onto the railroad track when the driver misshifted the transmission.


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    Title :

    Railroad/Highway Accident Report - Grade Crossing Collision of a Florida East Coast Railway Company Freight Train and an Indian River Academy Schoolbus, Port St. Lucie, Florida, September 27, 1984


    Publication date :

    1985


    Size :

    53 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English