Overview
- A second Duval County school bus crash near the Jacksonville Zoo on Wednesday led to hospital checks for eight students and one adult with non-life-threatening symptoms, according to the district and fire officials.
- Last Thursday, a semi-truck hit a stopped school bus at a railroad crossing on Zoo Parkway during a kindergarten field trip from San Pablo Elementary.
- Four children were hospitalized and a fifth person was transported after the first crash, with reported injuries that included two broken legs, a head cut, and chest pain.
- Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office records show the 37-year-old semi driver was cited for careless driving and fined $164, and the crash report says he told police his brakes failed and he was not distracted.
- Attorneys for injured families plan to inspect the truck and obtain maintenance and inspection records, as federal data reviewed by reporters link the trucking company to five other crashes in two years and 74 inspections across its fleet.