24 of the injured were taken to the Hospital Sao Salvador, while another five received treatment at the Casa de Caridade Leopoldinense in Leopoldina. The vehicle operated with a two-speed rear axle, and the bus driver appeared to have been unable to shift properly, leaving the bus essentially stuck in neutral. Out of gear, barreling downhill, the emergency brake would do nothing but kill the engine. Everyone was sleeping.'. All of our thoughts, our prayers, our sympathy with our student parents, with friends, teammates everybody in the Spartan family," SJSU President Steve Perez said in an interview. That kicked off the foundations fundraising for scholarships presented each year to two GHS students. Drop us a note at tips@coloradosun.com. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much / CBS/AP. Twenty-nine passengers survived the crash, while seven occupants were killed. But nothing could have prepared her for what she saw as she rounded the curve into Garfield. And I had real fears about riding in buses after that. And of course Pat didnt make it. "It's one of those empty feelings in your stomach. A Stirring Victory for a Texas High School. Then the Unthinkable. 6https://t.co/zAR6po5nJY pic.twitter.com/2bU6cYBEcg. The Colorado Sun is a journalist-owned, award-winning news outlet based in Denver that strives to cover all of Colorado so that our state our community can better understand itself. According to the San Jose Police Department, there were 14 students, ranging from 14 to 17 years old, and the driver on board the bus at the time of the crash. Camdan McWright, 18, was riding an electric scooter in . A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. The crash prompted several changes to make school buses safer, including stronger construction to prevent the kind of structural collapse that happened in the crash. He repeatedly urged his father to slow down. Prosecutors in Las Vegas say Henry Ruggs III was driving at a speed of more than 150 mph before he rear-ended another car killing the woman inside. Victorious . This is a list of accidents where all or part of a major sports team had been killed or seriously injured. He also oversees the Suns literary feature, SunLit, and the sites cartoonists. The tragedy shocked the town of Huntington in the worst way imaginable. Camdan McWright, 18, was riding an electric scooter in the area of S 10th and Reed streets around 6:51 a.m. when he was fatally hit by the bus. Her son was OK, but the visions of the dead and injured broke her down. median, WBTV reported. Did you encounter any technical issues? And I started crying and couldnt stop. 14 players and coach Ben Wilson killed. .mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}^ Frlunda chartered three planes to carry the entire team's roster, one of which carried seven team members and crashed. 4 killed when bus carrying football team crashes in N.C. The crash was just the most tragic in a string of unfortunate events that had befallen the Marshall football team since about 1960.