PlusSchool Bus, Semi-Trailer Collide in WisconsinSchool Bus, Semi-Trailer Collide in WisconsinThe Associated PressA semi-truck slammed into the back of a school bus that had stopped to drop off students along a highway on Friday afternoon, seriously injuring several students. (May 23)What would have been the routine end to a school week--- turned into a very serious accident scene Friday afternoon.This school bus was dropping off students in a neighborhood outside of Chicago --when... [Notes:Sgt. Gilbert Benn//Kenosha County Sheriff's Dept.]SOT: it stopped at a driveway to off-load a student. As that student got off---the bus was struck from behind by a semi. Initially listed in serious condition ---police say ---that student was actually ejected as the bus was hit from behind. Two other children, the truck driver and the bus driver also were seriously injured. [Notes:Sgt. Gilbert Benn//Kenosha County Sheriff's Dept.]SOT: what we know is that everyone involved was injured--but thankfully none of these are life threatening....Investigators think the 51-year-old trucker did not see the bus--and one officer believes the driver "may have been occupied inside the cab drinking a soda. [Notes:Sgt. Gilbert Benn//Kenosha County Sheriff's Dept.]SOT: this has always been a busy and a dangerous roadway...we're gonna have to figure out why this truck driver didn't see this stopped school bus... ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: Sophia Manos-------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: Michael Waldon ------------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: APTN--------------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: Donna Starddard------------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: None ----------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE:
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