DISASTER TEXAS: “Multiple people dead” after wreck involving school bus and concrete truck near Caldwell-Bastrop county line (UPDATE, post 30)

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“Multiple people dead” after wreck involving school bus and concrete truck near Caldwell-Bastrop county line​

Published: Mar. 22, 2024 at 4:52 PM EDT|Updated: moments ago

BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - First responders on Friday afternoon responded to a deadly crash involving a school bus and a concrete truck that left “multiple people dead in Bastrop County.

According to the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office, Highway 21 near the Caldwell-Bastrop county line is “shut down due to a multiple fatality accident involving a school bus.”

The Crews with the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services confirmed it responded to the scene to provide assistance near the intersection with Caldwell Road.

TCEMS reported on social media that at least 40 people were involved in the crash.

EMS helicopters airlifted four patients to the hospital, and two more were taken by ambulance.

Avoid the area.

www.kwtx.com

“Multiple people dead” after wreck involving school bus and concrete truck near Caldwell-Bastrop county line

First responders on Friday afternoon responded to a deadly crash involving a school bus and a concrete truck that left “multiple people dead in Bastrop County.
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mzkitty

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I give up.
Updated: March 22, 2024 at 4:20 PM

2 dead after school bus carrying 44 students, 11 adults crashes with concrete truck, rolls over in Bastrop County​

School bus crashed with a concrete truck near State Highway 21​


BASTROP COUNTY, Texas – At least two people, including a child, are dead after a school bus carrying more than 40 students and 11 adults rolled over in western Bastrop County, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

Law enforcement officials told the paper the school bus crashed with a concrete truck near State Highway 21 on Friday afternoon.

Hays Consolidated Independent School District confirmed the bus was from Tom Green Elementary.

Austin-Travis County EMS posted on X that five patients were airlifted to hospitals.

The Statesman reported that EMS is deploying its ambulance bus, which could transport 40 people at once, and an additional five ambulances.

Hays CISD issued the following statement:

“A Hays CISD bus carrying Tom Green Elementary pre-K students was involved in a serious accident early this afternoon. The students were returning from a field trip to the Bastrop Zoo. Forty-four (44) students and 11 adults were on the bus. Parents of students on the bus have been notified directly from the campus. The district is in the process of conducting reunification.

“Hays CISD transportation staff, counselors, safety and security personnel, and other administrators have all joined first responders either at the accident scene or at the reunification location.”

We’ll update you as more information becomes available.

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2 dead after school bus carrying 44 students, 11 adults crashes with concrete truck, rolls over in Bastrop County

At least two people, including a child, are dead after a school bus carrying more than 40 people rolled over in western Bastrop County, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
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Ractivist

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Pride comes before the fall.....Pride month ended.
Wonder who hit who, who pulled out in front of who, how fast were they going and who's at fault?
One form of terror, sheer terror, for those who had the split second to see the inevitable, and ride it to the end.

Prayers out for the innocents.
 
mzkitty

mzkitty

I give up.
The concrete truck hit the bus.


Published 8:51 PM EDT, Fri March 22, 2024

*snip*

Two people are dead, including a child, after a concrete truck struck a school bus full of pre-K children returning from a field trip head-on in Bastrop County, Texas, according to officials.

The bus, traveling westbound on State Highway 21, was hit by the concrete truck traveling in the other direction, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Deon Cockrell. One child on the bus and an adult passenger in a vehicle behind the bus died.

In an updated post on X, Austin-Travis County EMS said a total of 53 patients were evaluated at the scene. Four patients were taken to hospitals in critical condition and six in potentially serious condition. The rest sustained minor injuries and were either taken to hospitals or to the unification center, the post said.

It is still early in the investigation, but it does not appear the truck driver was under the influence, Cockrell added

 
Milkweed Host

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A white school bus is for activities only. Loading and off loading on the activity grounds only (off street)
 
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Milkweed Host

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Locally, school districts have trouble recruiting and retaining school bus drivers.
The pay is low with unusual part time hours that attract mostly older people.

There has been an increase in the use of the greyhound type bus for some school
activities, which is very expensive.

I can think of one school bus driver who backed into the bus barn when the barn barn door
was closed. ($3,000.00 damage)

I can think of another driver who tried to enter the interstate through the exit lane. A teacher
yelled at the driver.

Both of these drivers are no longer employed at the school.

For some reason, paying a bus driver is not a high priority.
 
Milkweed Host

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Just thinking, wondering here, with the white school activity buses, I wonder if
a person needs the school bus endorsement to operate it???

The passenger endorsement is easier to obtain, so more teachers and coaches
could be drivers.
 
CTFIREBATTCHIEF

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Milkweed Host said:
Locally, school districts have trouble recruiting and retaining school bus drivers.
The pay is low with unusual part time hours that attract mostly older people.

There has been an increase in the use of the greyhound type bus for some school
activities, which is very expensive.

I can think of one school bus driver who backed into the bus barn when the barn barn door
was closed. ($3,000.00 damage)

I can think of another driver who tried to enter the interstate through the exit lane. A teacher
yelled at the driver.

Both of these drivers are no longer employed at the school.

For some reason, paying a bus driver is not a high priority.
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Isn't that the truth. I worked for a company for six years until last January 2023 when the raises came out and I was making 50 cents an hour more than the newbie off the street. I went to the boss and said "what the hell" and received a lot of praise for my abilities but no money. I left at the end of the school year. Eff that, the new hires could barely speak english and couldn't read a map or a GPS worth a damn. Plus the feral animals that we were hauling were giving me heartburn.less miles on my truck now and I'm a happy camper now
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mzkitty

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I give up.
Can we kill it?

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Updated Thu, March 28th 2024 at 2:56 PM

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BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KEYE) — The driver of the concrete pumper truck that crashed into a school bus full of pre-K students last week admitted that he only got three hours of sleep the night before, and he consumed cocaine the morning of the collision, according to court documents.

The crash happened last Friday on State Highway 21 in Bastrop County as the Hays CISD bus was returning from a field trip to the zoo. As seen in dashcam video released by the district, the FJM Concrete Pumping truck crossed the double yellow line into the path of the school bus.

The bus swerved to avoid the truck, skidded, then rolled. It completed a full rotation before coming to a stop upright.

Two people were killed in the crash, 5-year-old Ulises Rodriguez Montoya and 33-year-old Ryan Wallace.

According to court documents, 42-year-old Jerry Hernandez was driving the concrete pumper truck. After the crash, he was taken to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center for treatment. A trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety met him there.

Court documents said Hernandez told the trooper that he smoked marijuana around 10 p.m. the night before the crash. He said he slept for three hours and got up for work around 12:30 a.m.

Mr. Hernandez admitted to consuming cocaine about 1 AM on the morning of the crash. Mr. Hernandez refused to provide a voluntary blood specimen for analysis,” the search warrant said.
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Hernandez also reportedly told the trooper that he swerved to avoid a vehicle that braked suddenly ahead of him. The witness statements and video evidence do not support his claim.

According to Travis County court documents, Hernandez was previously charged with driving without a license in 2006.

cbsaustin.com

Driver of concrete truck admits to consuming cocaine morning of fatal school bus crash

The driver of the concrete pumper truck that crashed into a school bus full of pre-K students last week admitted that he only got three hours of sleep the night
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RememberGoliad

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Anybody come across a mug shot of this cokehead? A quick DDG search returned no pics of the self-admitted coke snorter. It'd be interesting to see what kind of body graffiti etc. as well as other visual tells.
 
Countrymouse

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Mongo said:
No, it has a white roof. Bus body looks yellow to me. C'mon people!
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C'mon yourself--in GA buses are yellow all over, not just the sides, though I just found an article that Dekalb County (metro Atlanta) switched to the white tops. I didn't know until I read it here that Texas school buses have white roofs. Learn something new here every day:

Traditional yellow-all-over buses:

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(article about how/why Texas went to white-topped buses):

fox2now.com

Why do school buses have white tops?

California was the first state to use white-stopped buses around 50 years ago.
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CTFIREBATTCHIEF

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custom2006 said:
View: https://youtu.be/ZD5sNDJOTYY?si=33gtQmUpPqdsIt9v
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My heart broke when I saw that video. looks like the cement truck operator hit the bus on it's left rear quarter panel and that started the slide and then the flip. The thing that just jumped out at me, seeing this, is that there are at least eight ways out of that bus, counting the two side window emergency exits, the two roof hatches and front and rear doors. BUT, there are only two ways in. the front and rear doors. You can't open the emergency windows from the outside. Its going to be tough to get in there and get to those kids. and pre-school kids won't be able to open those windows and get out. I know the school busses I drove in CT did not have a provision to be able to open the two roof hatches from the outside, or the four emergency window exits. Rear door was easy, and the front door had an overide switch to get into it. but if the doors were damaged like this one was, it could be iffy to get in.

MIght be time to look at requiring access from the outside for those exit windows.

I don't think we ever drove pre-k anywhere, at least I know I didn't. Kindergarden was the youngest I've ever taken and it was on short trips. nothing long distance.
 
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