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January 1, School Bus Driver Faces Charges After Railroad Crossing Scare
Wyatt’s Take
- A veteran bus driver faces 30 counts of child neglect after a train clipped her bus.
- Video evidence allegedly shows the driver crossing after warning lights were already active.
- The driver resigned from her position following the near-miss incident last week.
Families in Sumter County are reeling after a school bus driver nearly caused a tragedy at a railroad crossing.
Reports show the driver sat on the tracks as a train approached with 29 children on board.
Superintendent Logan Brown noted that a mere six inches saved the community from a catastrophic event.
He made it clear that anyone jeopardizing student safety would no longer work for the district.
“The trust that our families place in us to transport their children safely is something we take extremely seriously,” Brown said.
One 12-year-old student on the bus described the terror as classmates screamed about the oncoming train.
She claimed the driver stopped directly on the tracks and failed to move despite the warnings.
“She like stopped on the tracks specifically and then didn’t move whenever we were all yelling, ‘Train!'”
The driver claimed a car blocked her path, but investigators say she chose to cross while the warning system was active.
She was released from jail on a $30,000 bond earlier this week.
Wyatt Matters
Nothing is more sacred than the safety of our children, and folks in the heartland expect public employees to treat that responsibility with the highest level of care.
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Patrick Cross
April 9, 2026 at 8:32 am
You don’t stop on railroad tracks.
Steve
April 9, 2026 at 12:43 pm
As an ex bus driver and all around educated person, You don’t cross tracks when warning lights are flashing and school busses are supposed to stop at ALL RR crossings, warnings or not.
David
April 9, 2026 at 5:14 pm
I drove school bus for 7 years. You have to pass a drivers road test to get your CDL license, which is required in order to drive a school bus. When you come up on rail road tracts, the bus is to make a full stop, open the door and listen for a train. If the coast is clear he is to drive across the tracks without changing gears while doing so. What happened to this women driver? She obviously was not doing what she was supposed to be doing.
madmemere
April 9, 2026 at 8:16 pm
What in blazes was that driver even thinking?? Or, was there any thought process going on at all?? WHO, on God’s green earth EVER stops ON the railroad tracks? Driver claimed ” a car was blocking the bus”; well, in that case, you either back up. OR you move forward and nudge that car forward, so the danger is eliminated. None of these are good choices, so WHY did she proceed on to the tracks if the warning system was already activated?? Will we ever know the real answer??
Sheldon Yessenow, D.V.M.
April 10, 2026 at 1:52 pm
Anyone who’s taken the CDL test knows that you NEVER, under ANY circumstance, begin to cross a RxR track until the vehicle in front of you has proceeded far enough ahead for your vehicle to FULLY cross the tracks.
I’m wondering if the prosecutor considered charging the driver with Attempted Involuntary Manslaughter-
Florida Statute 777.04? Does that law apply here?