The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the operation of the schoolbus at an excessive speed and in a reckless manner by a driver under the influence of alcohol. Contributing to the severity of the accident was the use of a guard rail of insufficient height and stiffness to deflect the schoolbus body away from the concrete pedestal and sign support pillar. Two students were killed; the schoolbus driver and one student sustained serious injuries, and the remaining 10 students sustained minor to moderate injuries.


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    Title :

    Highway Accident Report - Schoolbus-Loss of Control and Collision with Guard Rail and Sign Pillar, U.S. Highway 70 near Lucas and Hunt Road, St. Louis County, Missouri, November 11, 1985


    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    54 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English