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Indiana driver who killed three children says she didn’t know there was a school bus in front of her
wordpress ^ | November 5, 2018 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

Posted on 11/05/2018 11:56:18 AM PST by grundle

Indiana driver who killed three children says she didn’t know there was a school bus in front of her

The Indiana driver who recently killed three children says she didn’t know there was a school bus in front of her

This is a photo from the crash site. I’d say it’s pretty obvious that it’s a school bus. I wonder if the driver who killed three children was texting while driving.

Image sourced from https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2018/11/01/indiana-school-bus-stop-accident-driver-alyssa-shepherd/1846987002/


This next photo is also from the crash site. This is the truck that the driver used to kill three children. The truck did not crash into another vehicle. Instead, all of the dents and other damage in the front of the truck are from driving into the children. Imagine what this must have done to their bodies.

Image sourced from https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2018/11/01/indiana-school-bus-stop-accident-driver-alyssa-shepherd/1846987002/




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To: dp0622

The three children were siblings, from the same family.


21 posted on 11/05/2018 12:21:02 PM PST by Toespi
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To: woodbutcher1963

Studies in fMRI machines have shown that it affects the same part of the brain as sex, food and certain narcotics.

Our brains get a dopamine rush anticipating who or what will come next on the phone while we are on it.

In short, it’s BAD news.

I HATE giving the govt more power, but they say there will be technology to let police know if you are texting while driving.

Don’t know how i feel about that.


22 posted on 11/05/2018 12:21:10 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Toespi

:(


23 posted on 11/05/2018 12:21:33 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

It is a terribly tragic accident. But I must say that all the time I see kids either crossing the street to get to the bus or else walking around the front and crossing the opposite traffic lane WITHOUT LOOKING! Kids should be taught to ALWAYS check for traffic before proceeding no matter the situatio school bus or not.


24 posted on 11/05/2018 12:24:02 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: grundle

The driver behind her clearly saw the bus.


25 posted on 11/05/2018 12:30:29 PM PST by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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To: grundle

You should have seen what a little Civic or something did to my son’s old Volvo because she was texting and driving and didn’t see it, the tow truck’s and the police car’s flashing lights.

Rammed his car from behind full tilt.

She was injured but we never found out more about how she made out.

Fortunately, my son was not in the car at the time.


26 posted on 11/05/2018 12:31:55 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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27 posted on 11/05/2018 12:32:13 PM PST by deport
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To: CharlesWayneCT

100%. I see idiots in crosswalks just step out into traffic, and have had to lock them up. If I see someone in the mouth of a crosswalk I stop. Simple.

But some people walk down the sidewalk, then just turn into the crosswalk and step out.

It is crazy. I never, ever step out until I see the car come to a complete stop. It is similar to a driver attempting to pull out onto a roadway, and the car approaching has a turn signal on. I NEVER pull put until I see the car actually begin to turn.

As a pedestrian, the law may be on your side, but if you are crippled or six feet under, it won’t do you any good.

Additionally, God help this woman if she was texting...which seems likely to me. I hate it. I hate people texting while they drive.


29 posted on 11/05/2018 12:40:31 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: grundle

Talking, texting, drinking or drugging???


30 posted on 11/05/2018 12:40:59 PM PST by utax
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To: cherry

More likely to be a cell phone than weed, IMO.


31 posted on 11/05/2018 12:41:12 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Toespi

Oh my God!!


32 posted on 11/05/2018 12:42:03 PM PST by bantam
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To: woodbutcher1963

Why not sue Microsoft too? And Facebook? And the wireless providers?

I feel exactly as you do about people using cell phones on the road, but suing the companies who make phones is like suing Remington for a firearm used in a murder, or an SUV involved in a fatal accident.


33 posted on 11/05/2018 12:44:17 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: rlmorel
But some people walk down the sidewalk, then just turn into the crosswalk and step out.

That didn't happen until the passage of pedestrian right-of-way laws.

34 posted on 11/05/2018 12:44:17 PM PST by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: cuban leaf

She was coming from the opposite direction. So she would/should have been seeing the lights on the front.

The next day the school Corp changed the bus route to pull into the trailer park.


35 posted on 11/05/2018 12:44:20 PM PST by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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To: tcrlaf

The color of school buses are all the same.....SCHOOL BUS YELLOW.

As far as I know, and I used to sell auto paint, NO ONE is allowed to use that color except on school buses.

This twit may never have insurance again.


36 posted on 11/05/2018 12:44:22 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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Shepherd was charged Tuesday with three counts of reckless homicide and a misdemeanor
count of passing a school bus when a signal arm is extended, court records show.

She was booked into the Fulton County Jail and released after posting $15,000 bond.
No hearing date has been scheduled.

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A $15,000 bond for three deaths........


37 posted on 11/05/2018 12:44:38 PM PST by deport
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To: grundle
Imagine what this must have done to their bodies.

Imagine what your blog does to normal people.

What caused you to involve your blog in ANY of this?

38 posted on 11/05/2018 12:49:55 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: deport

no, it’s changed:
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2018/10/31/indiana-school-bus-stop-accident-rochester-3-children-killed-what-we-know-siblings-driver/1830217002/

Alyssa Shepherd, 24, of Rochester, was arrested and charged Tuesday with reckless homicide and other crimes, records show.


39 posted on 11/05/2018 12:50:11 PM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
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To: bankwalker

Didn’t know that. I drive through a liberal town, and I swear, there must be something in the water. It is a relatively small downtown, but it has about five crosswalks in one short stretch, and the people are like suicidal lemmings.

I would laugh, but I am terrified that I am going to run into one of them, and I will have to live with that.


40 posted on 11/05/2018 12:52:19 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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