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2006 Huntsville bus crash
Summary
The Huntsville bus crash involved a school bus carrying 40 students from Lee High School and a car, both heading to the Huntsville Center for Technology, which occurred on November 20, 2006, on an elevated portion of Interstate 565 in Huntsville, Alabama.
On November 20, 2006, around 10 AM, a International school bus carrying forty students from Lee High School to the Huntsville Center for Technology was traveling in the left lane on the elevated two-lane I-565. A 1990 Toyota Celica driven by another Lee High student merged from the left lane to the right and accelerated to pass the bus, but his vehicle began to fishtail and became impossible to control. A student on the bus stated that he saw the car attempted to overtake the bus and lose control, but closed his eyes and grabbed his seat after the collision.
Police stated that the bus went over the side of the road after a car driven by another Lee High student tried to swerve around the bus, causing the bus driver to swerve going over the edge of the elevated roadway. The driver was ejected from the bus before it went over the side of the bridge, as he was not wearing a seat belt. The bus hit the 32-inch-high cement bridge rail and rode the top of the rail for 117 feet before it plunged over the side. The NTSB report for the accident stated that the bus had nose-dived into the ground before coming to a stop.
In later interviews students stated that many grabbed for other students to help them brace and keep them from falling forward, with varying degrees of success. A student recounted that some students were able to evacuate the bus on their own via the emergency door in the back and ceiling of the vehicle. Some students also reportedly tried to enter back into the bus to help students pinned between the seats.
Four students were killed and 33 were injured after the bus plunged almost . Of the four, all were female students who ranged in age from 16 to 19 years old.
The initial investigation indicated that the secondary car that had attempted to overtake the bus, had veered into the bus's lane, causing it to scrape along the concrete barrier.
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