This blog has previously reported on school bus crashes in the Houston area, and unfortunately they continue to happen. When parents put their child on a bus in the morning, they shouldn't have to worry about putting their child's safety at risk. But sometimes the accident can be caused by other drivers hitting a school bus, and they will be the ones held responsible.
Texas school district has two bus accidents in two days
Target shooter misses mark, hits two teens
While there were no fatalities, two Texas teenagers were injured when a target shooter recklessly shot toward the direction of the school the two teens were outside of. The 36-year-old man was arraigned earlier this month on a charge of aggravated assault, after one of the students was left paralyzed from the waist down after sustaining a spinal cord injury.
Mother, son killed while changing flat tire
A suspected drunk driver killed a Texas woman and her son earlier this week when he carelessly struck their parked vehicle.
Houston drunk driver charged in death of scooter operator
A 20-year-old Houston man is charged with intoxication manslaughter after he struck a father who was riding in a motorized scooter with his 1-year-old son in his lap. Police don't think that the driver was speeding, but the force of the crash was enough to throw the scooter operator and his son more than 20 feet. It illustrates the extra caution that drivers must take when they are around pedestrians, scooters, bicycles or motorcycles.