Truck Driver Is Blamed in Fatal Texas Bus Crash
<i> Associated Press</i>
WASHINGTON —
The driver of the truck that hit a school bus in Texas last fall, sending it into a water-filled pit and killing 21 students, should have been able to stop despite faulty brakes, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.
The small number of emergency exits--only two--contributed to the deaths, the board said. NTSB Chairman James Kolstad said driver Ruben Perez “did not respond soon enough and he did not respond aggressively enough.”
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