Five weeks after their school bus was rear-ended and forced to cancel a planned field trip, a class of kindergartners from San Pablo Elementary visited Jacksonville Fire Station 37 and then finally made it to the Jacksonville Zoo on Tuesday.
Drivers caught illegally passing stopped Duval County school buses will now face a $225 fine as the district’s stop-arm camera program moves out of its warning period.
A San Pablo Elementary School parent took to the podium at Tuesday’s Duval County School Board meeting to praise a kindergarten teacher who helped children escape last Thursday’s school bus crash near the Jacksonville Zoo.
News4JAX is getting answers to questions about the new cameras that are mounted on nearly 900 Duval County public school buses to catch drivers who do not stop when they are supposed to when buses drop off and pick up students.
The semi-truck driver who rear-ended a school bus carrying kindergarteners on a field trip said the crash was caused by a malfunctioning brake, according to the incident report obtained by News4JAX.
A family whose child was aboard a school bus struck from behind by a semi-truck on Thursday is pursuing legal action, the family’s attorney said.
A woman who was among the bystanders who rushed to help after a school bus full of kindergartners was rear-ended by a semi Thursday morning told News4JAX she was thankful the injuries weren’t more severe.
According to video and photos shared with News4JAX, a school bus was rear-ended by a semi on Thursday morning while crossing train tracks on Zoo Parkway, not far from Imeson Park Boulevard.
According to video and photos shared with News4JAX, a school bus was rear-ended by a semi on Thursday morning while crossing train tracks on Zoo Parkway, not far from Imeson Park Boulevard.
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Middle and high school students who live within two miles of their school will no longer have a bus to pick them up. The change means hundreds of kids will now have to either walk or find their own ride.
With thousands of students getting ready for the school year, the transportation department in Clay County is working to make sure your kids are safe on the ride to school.
A company in charge of school bus stop-arms rolled out a new piece of technology that accurately detects and deters violations to ensure the safety of students who ride the bus.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is at the scene of a major accident involving a school bus on 103rd Street and Ricker Road on the Westside.
Police are searching for a driver who hit a mother and her 10-year-old son on the Westside Wednesday while they were crossing the street in front of a school bus.
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YULEE, Fla. – A woman in Nassau County was arrested Friday night, accused of attempting to steal a school bus from the Nassau County School Board. Melissa Gail Lacey, 48, was found lying down on the floor of the bus which was parked in front of a house around 2:30 a.m., according to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office. Homeowners found Lacey’s car in their driveway and, after discovering she was in the bus, told authorities she did not have permission to be in there. NCSO said the key was in the bus ignition and the airlock doors were pulled open. She was transported to the Nassau County Detention Facility.
