“Between a sleepless night at his second job, conversation on his cell-phone headset, and fiddling with the iPod at his side, Frederick R. Poust III appeared to save little concentration for the job he was supposed to be doing on Feb. 17: driving a school bus loaded with 45 children to Perkiomen Valley Middle School…
The captain who was in charge of the Jamestown-Scotland ferry that pulled away from a pier as a car was boarding has been terminated from his position with the Virginia Department of Transportation. He had been on suspension since the incident occurred last week when a 19-year-old Courtland woman had to swim to safety after…
Last week, a North Carolina man was charged with reckless driving after he crashed his Jeep commander into a Henry County school bus in Ridgeway. According to law enforcement, at approximately 3 pm on March 7th, the man was driving north on Route 87 near the turn for Old Leaksville Road when his vehicle crossed…
Lawmakers in Virginia are considering a bill that would require all school buses in the state to be equipped with seat belts. If the law passes, all new school buses purchased by school districts would have to have seat belts installed. The bill gives a deadline of July 1, 2027 that all school buses in…
Our Virginia wrongful death law firm recently reported on a declaration from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regarding a Chicago-based passenger motor carrier. The FMCSA declared the two owners of the company – a father and son – to be imminent hazards to public safety, both as individuals and…