All magic valley schools have been back in session for a few months and there's still an issue with cars and school buses. Here's a quick lesson on when you do and don't have to stop for a school bus.
The Twin Falls Sheriff's Office caught several Twin Falls drivers speeding passed stopped school busses with their stop signs up. Not only is that dangerous but it is illegal and can get you in some serious hot water.
Tribal authorities say a school bus driver veered off the road to avoid hitting dogs and struck a power pole, knocking out electricity to hundreds of homes on the Fort Hall Tribal Reservation.
These types of reminders by area law enforcement should not be happening. Any remotely responsible driver should equate school buses with children, and operate their vehicles with extreme caution.
After three children in Indiana were killed while walking to get onto a school bus in Indiana, Idaho agencies are reminding drivers to be especially attentive around the bright colored vehicles.
A former Idaho school bus driver has pleaded guilty to inattentive driving after crashing a bus that rolled over and injured more than a dozen students in April. KBOI-TV reports that 67-year-old Richard Mecham was sentenced last week to a year of unsupervised probation and a $300 fine.
Paramedics flew the driver of a car that hit a school bus to a Pocatello hospital Friday morning. The Cassia County Sheriff's Office said just before 8 a.m., a car driven by Juan Gonzales Mireles, 39, traveled eastbound on 400 South and ran a stop sign, striking a head start school bus heading southbound on State Highway 27 in Heyburn.
FROM IDAHO STATE POLICE: On June 23, 2017, at approximately 2:20 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a non-injury crash on Interstate 15 in a construction zone at milepost 77, north of Pocatello, ID.
HAILEY, Idaho (KLIX) Blaine County School District officials say the transportation director resigned after a bus loaded with students rolled in late April sending 12 to the hospital.
RICHFIELD, Idaho (AP) — Law enforcement officials say the driver of a school bus that rolled over and injured more than a dozen students was either asleep or fatigued before the crash occurred.