Every driver at some point has been in a hurry and decided to bypass a school bus while it’s pulled over letting a child off, however, one police department is showing drivers how dangerous their impatience can be.
School has been in session for just about two weeks so far, yet there have already been thousands of incidents of drivers not stopping for the school bus stop arm, and in some cases, drivers have actually run over children who were just trying to cross the street to get home. just trying to get home. In order to show how much danger drivers are putting children in, the Austin Independent School District police
This past Tuesday, one 17-year-old high school student was crossing the street after getting off the bus, and although he saw a car approaching, he assumed it was safe since drivers are obligated to stop and wait while the school bus stop arm is out.
Unfortunately, the boy realized too late that the driver was not slowing down, and despite trying to run out of the way, the white truck rammed into him and sent him flying about 1o feet towards another car.
“My heart was racing it was just so intense,” said Michael Masuo, who was stopped behind the bus in his car. “He got knocked, I think, 10 feet towards my car.” Apparently, the driver wasn’t aware that both sides of traffic were required to stop.
Thankfully, the boy only had a few scraped and bruises but was taken to the hospital for observation after Masuo called the police. “She was mortified, she thought she killed him,” Masuo said of the 16-year-old driver. “She came out of the car crying and freaking out, but I tried to reassure her he seemed okay at the time.”
Watch the entire video below to see the shocking moment a school boy got hit by a truck after getting off the school bus.
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[Featured image: AISD Police Department]
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