Absolutely devasting

Gayyyyy

I lost one child 33 yrs ago , still can't get over it. I.feel the parents pain.

Simon Kumar ??

Lola Bailey can’t imagine what you felt , may be god bless your soul 😞

Amen

Parents replace their kids like they're pets

@@SUGAR_XYLER please apologize to every tree within 150 feet of you, for wasting their hard work.

Very well written. May the parents find some way of coping with this tragedy. 3 of their precious little ones taken away by someone.

@@SUGAR_XYLER What is that suppose to mean? If it is saying those kids lives don't matter than it is a cruel thing to say. You can't replace kids and you can never replace a real loving pet.

That's what I'm saying. Bet she was on her phone

Insane

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How can you not tell it’s a damn school bus? Dark or not I know what a damn school bus looks like!

Carina Martinez it clearly says that it was dark in the morning, still should face at least 40 years

She obviously knew it was a school bus and illegally crossed the double lines to pass it while speeding.

Phone that's how.

Betting she was on her phone

Carina Martinez probably a giant taxi lol

That always happens, people too busy sticking their finger up their butt to care.

Its so sicking that people or kids have to die before things change!

@rabeh el houjeiri yeah, not sure how you got that from this news story, but ok. I don't hate America and "there" most definitely not all "retards". 🙄

@rabeh el houjeiri Then get the fuck out

@rabeh el houjeiri You ever proof read before posting?

Don't forget the child that is severely injured. His body will likely be damaged for life, and that can impact so many other areas of his life, cutting off options that may have been right for him. Plus, the horror of it, and of experiencing that physical trauma, and knowing that his friends and schoolmates lost their lives as his body was being mangled, will stay with him for life, and take decades to sort through properly as well...

I hope they sue them broke!

They should. And they will win. No to children walking across highways anywhere.

Seriously!

Maybe with a wrongful death suit

Exactly! You said it perfectly!

I drive a street sweeper with flashing lights and people dont care they drive so fast around me almost hitting me just to stop at a red light and end up right next to me

The parents can have sex again to make more kids. Get over it. Hell they should be happy they get to make more kids and feel good.

Alyssa Shepherd that killed the three kids only got 4 years in prison for killing three children in during the fourth. The judge needs to be taken off of the bench this isn't Justice

@@ljrebel6875 she just got out didn't even do 2 years

Fuck I didn't even think about that...

makes you sick

junior jaden I agree!

Agreed. When making stops like these where children must cross the road the bus should just park in both lanes so no one can pass illegally without going into a ditch.

Some do. A lot of time I’ve encountered a school bus lately there was a cross guard who blocked the other street too. I don’t know how you can recognize a school bus

I was saying the same exact thing to my husband !! This is so heartbreaking ,

Great idea not long ago i saw video footage of a bus driver doing this

Show me *ANY* child nowadays that does NOT have an electronic device in their hands. They were paying about as much attention to the road as she was.

she will tell her kids to lie just like she does

@rabeh el houjeiri Why do you suppose that is ? I would love an outside viewpoint.

@@michaelh.8280 That's why I JUST allowed my 17 year old to get a cell, there is no reason any child under 16 should have a phone, small iPad sure, but not a cell. Just my honest opinion. (Don't hate please)

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@Aviato It doesn't matter if the bus was blue with pink dots she should have stopped period. But people are so distracted and inconsiderate now days. I drive an 18 wheeler and people are so distracted by those damn cell phones that they don't even see my signal light when they're right next to me. Personally i don't see what's so damn important that they have to be on them when they're trying to drive.

It was also still dark..

@@robbiemckenzie100 flashing lights usually mean either slow down or stop,. They flash to signal attention so the driver can prepare to either move over, slow down, or stop.

Maybe it was a car on fire oh wate a air plane landing no a fire truck maybe construction um I know you have to drive threw that stuff so maybe it was just rain so naturaly speed up and look down to your phone

@ike fun not always

right. omg i feel sad for the parents .

It's horrible.. could not fathom it

Could somebody explain the AGGREVATED ASSAULT charges? Wtf?

I agree

@john wayne gacey how much you had to drink

Exactly!

EXACTLY!!!!!!!

A Serious Lollygagger Exactly!!! Plus change School times where children Should Not be waiting in the Dark for a bus !!!!

@R Dog I have tried many times to make our schools safer, especially the bus line. Since I neither have money, nor influence, nor power, in the community, people like me are ignored. Our concerns are shrugged off, our advice doesn't matter, until a lawsuit looms because of their negligence. Suddenly we have a voice, but by then it is too late to prevent. I tried working with the school, but after a couple frustrating years trying to make a difference, I started homeschooling my child. I don't know how these people get to be in charge of anything, they don't seem to know what they are doing. Kids were being physically and emotionally abused by teachers at my daughter's school, yet no one took it seriously for a long time. Kids are human beings but they treat them like cattle. They all deserve better. If I had the money, I would build a learning center for our community. Teach kids skills that will get them a career without getting into debt.

A Serious Lollygagger you are correct about everything you said. The people in charge have no clue. The money should come out of their pockets after being sued.

Now her whole life is ruined because of that.

It's even more fucked up that it took three kids dying for them to move it, but when the father asks the school board three times for it to be moved they don't do anything. Typical bureaucracy, nothing's a problem till it is a problem, then it's a big one.

@@justenzo6342 your comment makes it seem as if you're trying to defend the woman who ran over three children at a bus stop. It was dark out in that bus has flashing red ass lights there is no excuse that she shouldn't have seen that. She deserves whatever she gets

@@patrickellis1151 How do you know? You sheep you follow what people tell you. Now he whole life is ruined from that horrible accident!

You are so right, it's a shame!!!

zachery pritchett it was pitch black outside.

I just posted a comment stating that very point, same side never cross, even in my old hometown they never let the kids cross the road when it was a main let alone lesser two way one lane each direction, and one location had a literal bus stop with shelter for the residents of that place that then swung around on a connector road to where I lived on a one lane road and had to go around front of the bus every time due to the house location, other side was unoccupiable land due to terrain and such.

Exactly.. let my child out into a muddy ditch if you have to, but do not put that much speeding road in between

K 2daJohnson it just amazes me that some people don’t understand that same side pick up and drop is safer. Blocking the road just gives the assholes more space to try and go around the bus. There’s also some bus drivers that would bitch because it would be more turn around for each bus load of children. Those are the ones that don’t have kids. Although my children are all adults now something has to be done to protect these children. I have lots of answers but anyone with the power to make it safer for the children don’t want to hear about solution because they cost money

I agree but that would be difficult when kids live on both sides of the streets. But yes on a busy highway like that yes it would be better. My mom drove a school bus for nearly 30 years & she seen some dangerous times. She's had people outrun her school bus stop many of times. She was fortunate she had never had anybody hit a kid or involved in any wrecks. Prayer can help you a lot. And she prayed for safety.

60 mph no no no in a 40?...

Absolutely. Flashing lights is freaking universal code for slow the eff down. She was speeding and/or engrossed in her phone.

Speed has to have been a factor, look at the damage to her car. Doubt it was only 60mph.

@@borderlinefamous4001 Consider, the damage to this truck was from hitting small human torsos, not a solid mechanical device. She wasn't even close to stopping or slowing down.

I agree she was probably on her phone

T. knows 3 times they tried to have it moved and were denied 3 times. Now they’ll back paddle to the effect of ...it wasn’t in the budget or it was on the agenda...yadda yadda yadda. I’m sure that he school boards attorneys are already making up excuses. IF she does any jail time, one thing for sure is the family will get pay back. Baby killers, abusers & pedos are the lowest of the lows of the criminal food chain. She’ll get hers.

Agreed on this too. Bus stops should never be on busy highways or on main roads like that wish they would pick safer spots for these kids!!!

T. knows let’s not forget the mother who hit them.

@@jessicalt4121 just sad all around

They stop going down to each individual home to pick up the child because it's more efficient to pick the whole neighborhood on one stop. School districts are doing this everywhere to cut cost. I remember being so pissed off when they did this shit.

peony70 people need to teach kids how to cross the street.

School system should be having the bus only pick up and drop off from the same side of road where they live, crossing on these types of roads should not be permitted despite how rural it is. get up earlier and get the kids off too school sooner ans safer by having the passenger side on the residential side of the road as shown and not how they have been doing it for years with multiple clear hit and runs.

@@rps13sr really? Thats ur answer? Blaming the kids? Ur a fucking idiot. Hope nothing like this occurs to urs, doubt ud say somthing stupid like that if it did.

@@johndenver9368 Don't you just love these people who are apologists for the killer of these kids? I'm sick of reading all their "move the bus stop", "don't let them cross the road" and "it was an accident". You may not have worded it like I would but that's ok, your heart is in the right place. There's 1 person to blame: the killer who CHOSE to break the law by speeding, failing to stop for flashing red lights regardless if she was too dumb to see it was a school bus (I don't believe her ) and the cars behind her stopped for the bus, and not adjusting her driving speed and attention needed for the dark conditions, to recognize a bus in the dark (please! ), see that kids could be there and NOT pass the bus when unsafe to do so. NONE of those things happened by accident, just by her criminal negligence. May she indeed rot in hell.

Well your driving down the highway at 6:45am pitch black out and see flashing lights to your left but don’t know what it is into your up on it and the kids are walking from the right side of the road I could kinda maybe see what she saying but still her fault I mean as you can see even when the police and ambulance got there it was dark so think about 15 20 mins before that. In a town close to my own they have buses stopping on a 2 lane highway where the speed limit is 70 mph and people almost running into the buses since the stop arm comes out when they are coming to a stop and not before plus the lights are always flashing on the top and back the arm doesn’t start flashing into it’s activated....but as I said this is still her fault and something she and her own 3 kids that was in the car with her will have to remember for the rest of their lives if old even to remember.

I dont understand why she's free !!! 😡

Anthony1life2live e how do you know she was on her phone?

@@matthack5746 He never said she was.

Hmm 🤔 sure looks that way

matt hack She has to be distracted in some way to not realize a big ass bus is stopped in the roadway. Sidenote: who doesn’t slow down and proceed cautiously when entering the opposing lane to overtake a stopped or slow moving vehicle

Chris Howard It’s fucking fake

She was probably on the phone how can you not see a yellow school bus with flashing lights and a stop sign next to it?

@@randybridges7365 ?

ev1jpotts What don’t you get dumbass? Don’t believe anything on the Tell Lie Vision!!!!

Or just lazy bus route planning

Maybe she needs more prescription in her glasses.

she got only 4 years.. What is wrong with our judicial system?

Its was morning time ofcousre she could have not notice

My thoughts as well. How do you not recognize a school bus.

Mick Berry,true words you have written here.Her fault indeed.

So she didn't think it was a school bus. So what did she think the flashing lights were a train?

I was thinking the exact same thing. Even if she says she didn’t know what the flashing lights were (I don’t buy that) she should have slowed down. Flashing lights equal caution. My heart goes out the family.

@Ajb111482 you need to think on this, 1 She admitted to "seeing FLASHING lights" 2 she said "she did not know it was a School Bus" Does anyone that has read about this need to be there with what has been reported not just by the news but by her? Do YOU know what a School Bus looks like? When YOU see FLASHING Lights do YOU keep driving and never slow down to be cautious no matter what you may or may not know what it might be? This Woman through her act of carelessness took the Lives of 3 Children and put a Fourth Child in the hospital with serious injuries. No, I was not there and neither with hundreds of other people were there that have commented on this terrible moment that has forever changed these Children's Families lives. For you to ask such a question, I wonder if you even have common sense and do YOU know what School Bus looks like? Think before you ask questions.

@@hydraragingrob5681 Well aren't you just lovely.

Likeaboss Louisiana life that’s not their kid.

Very sad and what if those were the only children they could have? Having more babies does not replace a lost child.

@@hydraragingrob5681 that's so messed up that u made that comment after 3 kids got killed .

@@foreverblessed8084 let them R.I.P.

Unfortunately she’ll get to live!! You base your statement on the idea that she cares! If she cared she would have been paying attention!

Please forgive this young lady for this mistake she committed that has resulted in tragedy. She did not wake up intending to take 3 lives.

If it were my kids she wouldn't be living the rest of her life..😠

@@farzana6676 That's unforgivable

@ike fun It was not double the speed limit. It was 15mph over.

@williejames huff only trash I see is your comment.

Yeah they may very well be trash,but they lost their children!!!they deserve our sympathy...never forget terrible things happen to all kinds of people... .

Man, I can't even conceive how that family can go on after that! Prayers for them!

There Parents must be inconsolable!😩😖

bobbycatskitten I cannot imagine what they must be going through. What a tragedy. If it was me, I would never be able to come out of it.

James L.G. I'm a twin can't live without my twin an her sister heaven has three more Angels

Yes this should have never been set up this way. Or an adult should have always walked them across

And someone had even told the school it was dangerous and tried to get it changed?? The school should be held accountable as well as the driver. It’s absurd they put them in that danger in the first place.

​@@amyashley3182 I agree. The driver's mistake was an instant of carelessness, a misreading of the scenario... and it will cost her dearly. Even if she gets no punishment by law, she has to live with that for the rest of her life. I can't imagine how I'd do it. The school on the other hand, had MULTIPLE requests to change the stop and made the decision to make no changes, despite multiple objections from parents. A conscious choice. they weighed the options & decided it was better to save 2 minutes a day than ensure children were not placed in jeopardy. To me, they are the criminals.

No it was 45

Amy Ashley the parents of the kids who died was the ones who tried to change it.

Common sense that early in the morning it's still dark out you see flashing lights my first instinct would be oh you know someone broke down an accident deer on the side of the road when you just see sitting flashing lights then as you approach like you said the bus as long and orange and even if it was still too dark to identify it she should have slowed down because within two car lengths of the bus you can tell it's a bus

She’s full of it. Grasping at straws because she couldn’t get her head out of her phone to drive. Guarantee they’ll look at her phone records and see it

I drive a school bus and, u wouldn't believe the reckless, dangerous things drivers do around school buses.

richard bidinger A school bus is yellow, not orange.

C Brown Agreed. I’ve almost been hit by a driver doing exactly that. She actually came speeding up next to me on the freeway and got over in front of me without looking, she had no room to go. I only was lucky no one was to my left and I could veer over to avoid a horrible accident. When we passed her further down, she was looking down at her phone grinning. I had my kids with me and her car was full of other teens.

I should have been easy to check to see whether her phone was in use at the time of the crash.

No need to stop for one of those or slow down right? Ha!

Ik, no matter what it was, why would you keep going

It was morning time her eyes probably was still sleepy and tired

Xelbuad how do you know

@polticalcorrectnessneedstodie yep people say that everyone make mistake which that make us humans right? well, look at this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtSBaaZ0nbnFnok.html a simple but permanent mistake killed a baby and a man, just by leaving the gun close to a baby

She probably won't go that where ever again, but she will be with the 3 children. 2 are her young children and the other is her younger brother

What are you, 8? You just learn about Darwin? Who doesn't realize a big yellow tube with bright red flashing LED lights isn't a school bus?

For it to be a Darwin award, the school official who planned this route would have had to be killed instead. You clearly have no idea what the hell you are talking about, dummy.

That's not how the Darwin Award works, it goes to someone that accidentally kills themselves genius

@@jerrodstaviski6609 Maybe she needs more prescription in her big ugly glasses so she can see better.

By far the dumbest comment ive seen on youtube. Have you lived in a Rural area? Sometimes the bus has no choice but to pick them up in odd places cause its not like the city where the roads are 3 lanes wide. Get an education before you put up anymore comments please.

It was pitch black outside and she was on a high way

It’s sounds to me like you’re condoning what she did. I guarantee you don’t have kids. Smhhh. Everyone can see a Big Yellow Bus at night, with flashing lights. Smmhhh

+SpokenBitsOfLife W Don't give excuses.

How could she not see the big yellow bus? The only logical answers to that question seems to be is that it was pitch black out and she was distracted. Either way you put it, this lady was negligent in every way. Do I feel bad for her? I do, I really do because she isn't an evil person. But just because you're a good person doesn't mean you can avoid consequences. Do I feel even worse for the children that passed away and their families? Absolutely. Her punishment will come and she will have many days to reflect on what she did.

It was a 2 lane rural road, not a highway. The terrain is completely flat with no turns. A school bus's lights are even more visible in the dark than they are during the daylight. This was flat out negligence/distracted driving

@ike fun how would u feel if it were ur kids? Yeah driver's at fault but clearly should have been prevented. Fuckin idiot.

@ike fun Well now that this happened, the parents have a right to blame whoever set the bus stop at that dangerous location.

@ike fun You have serious anger management issues to sort out if you're getting mad over internet comments and opinions. Bye!

@ike fun 💅💆...u big mad😂😂😂

@ike fun hahaha do u know another word besides DUMBASS ?? JACKASS😂😂

It's a Tacoma...

Wrong!! Her father had a heart attack, and she was rushing to the hospital. It was dark out, and she thought it was a tractor. Several parents in that trailer park had made complaints to the school board that children crossing that highway where the speed limit was 55 MPH...was not safe. The school board did not listen!!

Suzanne Rutherford it’s still her fault too. If you’re too emotional to follow traffic laws you shouldn’t be driving. Either way she made a grave error in judgement and killed 3 children and injured another. She’s still at fault and the school district.

Colleen Ruth Why haven't more people in the comments mentioned this?? I agree

@@casspower Absolutely 100% correct. Having a family tragedy is No excuse for driving like an idiot. My dad's heart stopped and I followed an ambulance to the trauma centre but didn't lose the ability to drive safely. Suggesting that's an excuse is ridiculous! Thank you for pointing out the obvious to some who just don't get it.

@@Suzieinwv ur an idiot. Oh her father had a heart attack? No one cares, she killed 3 (three) children. If it was ur children or grandchildren ud not be making excuses for her.

Plus, buses are large and yellow. What did she think it was? Lies.

@@Dig either two things she was on drugs not paying attention or she needs sex and her husband is not fucking her right

Unfortunately in our world most safety changes are written in blood. Basically someone has to die before anything changes.

Aviation Nut this is true, lots of field of work especially factory’s, these rules are improved upon after blood is spilt

It depends on which side of town the complaints originate from -- the poor side or rich side. If the latter, then "they" immediately "do something" about it; if the former, then "they" make lame-ass excuses for why they *can't* "do something" about it. That's simply how things work in a class-based, socially stratified society.

Agreed

@@evanw2195 well its not lookin too good lol

I remember my pastor telling me that he dutifully stopped when the school bus put forth it's flashing red lights. He got honked from the traffic that was rear of his car. Sadly, most normal drivers will not stop for the school bus's flashing red lights.

Omg, tragic

@@sonotswifty I thought about that. I was thinking she was on her phone for some reason that's exactly what I thought

Yeah or prison. Right?

She won't need a driver's license in jail

You can take license away but ppl still drive someway somehow this girl needs to go where she feels no sunshine in her life and may god have mercy for soul.everyone knows what a school bus looks like and to always be cautious pay attention to your surroundings and respect our youth they use school buses to get a education not for someone to run them over cos they wasnt paying attn and with children in her car.😢😢😢😭

William A Lizardo license? That’s it? Certainly there’s more to your punishment than that?!

@@joelerickson1058 talk about just a slap on the wrist lol

I can't see color when it's pitch black outside. And trust me, it was

when it is dark, you see two headlights pointed directly at you. do you know what color all the oncoming cars are at night? do you even know what the model/make is? if it's a truck or a car? Buses can look like semi trucks, or dump trucks at night.

It was dark out. Her father had a heart attack, and she was rushing to the hospital. She thought it was a tractor, and by the time she realized it was a school bus, it was too late.

cant see bus while texting

@@Suzieinwv No, she was going to her mom's house to drop off her younger brother.

yep, that lady is a dissapointment for the rest of the life

VariantOne I know right...it’s a big ass school bus.

Shes trying to play games.

She thought it was a UFO and was hoping to catch up with them so they'd take her to Zebulon for a visit.

Honestly I hope they lock her up and never give her license back because she's a danger to society thinking like that

The town was negligent too. They are liable if the safety issues of the bus stop were brought to their attention prior to the accident and if nothing was done. From a legal stance, the parents can sue the town.

yeah that's major damage from speeding

It may not be the school district to blame for the bus stop. I live in Fort Wayne in, and our school transportation had to fight with the trailer park where I'm at to even get one stop inside it. They said the bus cause road damage inside the parks. They was wanting small children to wait in the ditch across from our trailer park to wait. But a bunch of parents said they'd move or stop paying lot rent if they did that. Cause there was literly no room for the kid's to stand where they wanted them at. It was literly a ditch and a property fence next to a busy street.

And be in jail for life. Someone said the police investigated and she was texting

@@karenkramer3760 chances are she was doing SOMETHING that distracted her from watching the road. Because that b.s. about "seeing the flashing lights but not recognizing the school bus" won't wash.

Whitewolf your an idiot

Totally agree. This is a very busy two lane state road, but it's kind of in the country and there are not any street lights. People speed down that road all the time. Right after this area of the road there's a curvy part people call "Devil's Backbone" Lots of accidents there ever since I can remember.

N'aej N'aej Of course not, she was too busy playing on her phone.

@@mlareine327 no it was early in the morning sun was just coming up people eyes are kinda blury she still sleepy

I agree.

Then what do you think they should do?

When I was growing up, I knew a mother who lost her daughter in a similar accident. She was a VERY diligent mother; standing and waiting with her daughter, even holding her hand at the stop every day to keep her safe. One day as the bus was just coming to a stop, the little girl got so excited she slipped her little hand out of her mom's to run to the bus and was hit and killed by a gravel truck; not sure if the bus driver was waving the truck around or the truck driver didn't see the bus was stopping- either way, despite all her caution and care, in one split second her daughter was taken that morning. Very sad, everyone was so scarred by the tragedy. Prayers to her and this family who lost their 3 babies today.

I want to be your baby!

@willie peppers .. I don't believe the school bus system should be taking the risk of picking up or dropping off children from the opposite side of the road from their driveway. As long as children are allowed to cross the road to get on or off a school bus, these kinds of things are going to continue to happen. Parents with their children at the bus stop crossing the street can, and will get hit by distracted, intoxicated, or otherwise impaired drivers. It should not be a risk we are willing to take. If we were able to predict what other drivers were going to do 100% of the time there would never be accidents involving people getting hit on the street. School buses should not be picking up children from the opposite side of the road.. we just can't trust that all drivers are going to use caution.

@willie peppers Please point to when and where I said "diligence doesn't matter"...If you think I'm somehow an 'enemy' (referring to your "people like you" jab) for giving a personal retrospective, you may need to check yourself, dude. You SHOULD do your utmost to protect your kids, but sometimes despite our absolute efforts as parents, the world has other plans for sabotage. My point to you, friend, is you shouldn't read into something when there is no malice or ill-intent. Stay vigilant for the right things ( your baby), inshallah

Personally, I think you live in a bubble where you fail to understand that not everybody has the same luxury of time and resources that you do. Many families in that neighborhood are working all night long in service jobs to provide you with your “must have” morning latte while you point a judgmental finger. Have a seat.

Ya... that's a slap in the face.

I feel for them

It was never said ANYWHERE that she was on her phone

Here is an image of an oncoming school bus... in the dark. Driving down a highway, in the dark... it could have looked very much like this. In rural country highways there are often semi trucks, tractors, & other large rigs on the highway that could be difficult to differentiate. Did she make a mistake, hell yes, and the result is beyond tragic, heartbreaking... but she's human (one who's profession is actually working with children, so obviously she has a big heart for them) and she made a horrible mistake that she has to live with for the rest of her life. I would not wish that on anyone either. static1.squarespace.com/static/5351ccd6e4b0e85fd91f1c39/t/56798924c21b86984b61d3a3/1450805541786/?format=500w

We don't know that, let's not start assuming things, not everyone texts and drives she could be innocent

OMG everyone saying she wasn't on her phone or this and that....HOW do you know? We're you in the vehicle with her? Just because she didn't say don't mean she wasnt, of course she isn't gonna say I was on my phone. Come on people.

I've only been a truck driver for 13 years going on 14. I drive all hours of the day and night, now, when I drive my eyes are focused in front of me you cannot miss a big yellow bus with all that reflective tape no matter what time of day it is. Perhaps it wasn't the cell phone maybe it was the microwave! regardless eyes forward

You can't slow down much on a high way

She was doing 60 on a 45 miles zone ..

@@spokenbitsoflifew7632 yes you can people do it everyday

Why didn't the parents help them cross the st???

@@justintime1370 true. However if the bus stop was moved to the side street as the families requested the children would be alive today

There is only one person that is responsible and that is the driver that hit the children. What kind of an answer did she give .? Just plain ignorant!! My heart goes out to the family and bus driver.

What if they had moved the bus stop to a different location and an accident still happened? There are dangerous and inattentive drivers on every road everyday.