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DISASTERS: BUS COLLISION :
UNITED STATES: CITIES: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND:
School Bus, Passenger Bus Crash in Baltimore; 6 Dead
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School Bus, Passenger Bus Crash in Baltimore; 6 Dead
by ELIZABETH CHUCK
NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/
school-bus-passenger-bus-crash-baltimore-3-reportedly-dead-n676151
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A school bus collided with a transit bus and another vehicle in Baltimore
Tuesday morning, killing six people, police said. No children were on the
school bus at the time.
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The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. ET, when the school bus hit a Mustang,
struck a traffic pillar and then continued into oncoming traffic where it
crashed into the transit bus, Baltimore police said.
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"It basically ripped the entire driver's side off the vehicle," police
spokesman T.J. Smith said at a press conference. "It literally looks like
a bomb exploded in the bus."
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The school bus driver was among those killed. The other five fatalities
were on the Maryland Transit Administration bus, Smith said.
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Ten other people were taken to hospitals with injuries ranging from minor
to critical, Smith added, including an aide who had been on the school
bus, and the Mustang driver.
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Police don't know what caused the bus to lose control.
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"Something catastrophic took place, and it's something that we're
continuing to investigate," Smith said.
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State had revoked commercial driving privileges of Baltimore school bus
driver in fatal crash
Scott Dance, Liz Bowie, Ian Duncan and Tim Prudente
The Baltimore Sun
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/
bs-md-chappell-license-20161103-story.html
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The driver of a school bus that careened into an oncoming bus Tuesday
causing a deadly crash in Southwest Baltimore was not legally permitted to
be driving a school bus, state officials said Thursday.
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The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration had revoked Glenn Chappell's
commercial driving privileges two months ago because he failed to provide
the agency with a certificate showing he was in good health.
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The revelation raised questions about how well the Baltimore school system
monitors the standing of drivers in its fleet of contract buses. City
schools officials did not respond to requests for comment Thursday.
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An attorney for the bus company, AAAfordable Transportation Inc., said
Chappell passed a physical exam five months ago.
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"Whether or not he failed to produce a copy to the MVA, or he produced a
copy and they didn't appropriately note it on his record, or they
misplaced it, I have no idea," said George Bogris, the attorney.
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Chappell, 67, was killed when his school bus smashed into a Maryland
Transit Administration bus. The MTA driver and four adult passengers on
that bus also were killed. City and federal investigators continue to
search for answers. Baltimore police said they're trying to determine
whether Chappell suffered some medical emergency before the violent
collision.
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His family has been left to grieve and wonder what caused his school bus
to veer off course.
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Witnesses described mangled buses, trapped passengers and cries for help.
Nine MTA passengers and the bus aide were injured. One woman woke to find
glass in her mouth and two bodies lying on her.
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AAAfordable has been contracted by the city school system since 2010,
school officials said. And the contracted bus drivers must meet health
standards. Glenn Chappell passed an annual physical in June, school
officials said.
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But his commercial driving privileges were revoked by state authorities
Sept. 1, according to the MVA. State officials had warned Chappell twice,
in July and again in September, that he would lose his driving privileges
if he didn't provide a new medical certificate by the end of August.
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MVA officials said his prior medical certification expired Sept. 1 and he
was not legally permitted to drive a school bus.
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Local school systems are responsible for monitoring the driving records of
their bus drivers, even those working for contractors, said Bill Reinhard,
spokesman for the state Board of Education. They are required to enter the
names of banned drivers within 30 days into a database of disqualified
school bus drivers maintained by the Maryland State Department of
Education. The database allows schools to vet job candidates.
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The database is confidential and the department can't say whether
Chappell's name was entered, said Bill Reinhard, a state education
spokesman.
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State regulations allow for drivers' medical examinations to be reviewed
by the public. But school officials did not comply with a request Thursday
for Chappell's medical certificate.
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Federal law requires employers to hold medical certificates for all their
drivers with commercial licenses. The drivers must be examined by a doctor
listed in a national registry to obtain a certification that lasts up to
two years, said MVA spokesman Chuck Brown. The registry lists several
hundred such doctors in the Baltimore area.
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