By Lisa J. Hudson
Just as important but sometimes overlooked, the safety of school transportation employees is the subject of today’s blog. The Houston Chronicle reports that yesterday’s fatal accident at Lamar Consolidated Independent School District’s bus barn occurred when a Federal Express delivery truck struck a school transportation employee. According to an account provided by the Rosenberg Police Department, the driver of the FedEx truck tried to leave the bus barn after making a delivery there and did not see the victim, Robert Judd Whitman, 61, of Fulshear. Police said Whitman was in the FedEx driver’s “blind spot” as the driver traveled forward.
The incident raises safety concerns about the presence of non-school vehicles in school bus facilities. We want to hear from you: are non-school vehicles allowed to move about in your facilities? Are any special safety precautions taken when these vehicles arrive and depart?
