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jeffgolenski t1_iy87nxj wrote

Reply to comment by flyingthrghhconcrete in Is there a reason school bus monitors check the underside of the bus at every stop? by jordy_pordy10

This literally happened in Acushnet, MA (not far from RI) in the 90s. It was an absolute tragedy. It was the entire reason bus monitors became a standard in the SouthCoast of MA.

Edit: only article I could find that talks about it https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/local/advocate/2015/11/05/petition-seeks-return-bus-monitors/33162602007/

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sporkemon t1_iy8bk2x wrote

> “We lost a daughter on May 4, 1994, right out front here,” Mrs. Gwozdz said. Her daughter’s jacket tie got caught in the door “and they ran right over her," Mrs. Gwozdz said. She added, "Stacey wasn’t small. She was 13 years old," and thus it would have been easy for someone to see her, had there been a bus monitor.

jesus christ that poor girl and her poor family who had to watch that happen

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