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September 18, 2008
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Startled bus driver plows into house http://www.privateofficer.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Sept 18 2008
By: Bryan Hill
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
http://www.privateofficer.com/– A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bus slammed into the side of a north Charlotte home early Tuesday, destroying the house.
According to authorities, the bus driver had just dropped students off at the Northwest School of the Arts and was on her way to pick up another group of students when a 15-year-old boy, who had fallen asleep on the bus, awoke and startled her.
Police released the bus driver’s name Tuesday evening. Investigators said Kendria Exum swerved and ran into the front of a house in the 1500 block of Norris Avenue near Statesville Road just before 7 a.m. Both Exum and the student, the only ones aboard the bus at the time, suffered minor injuries and were taken to a hospital. They were treated and released, Charlotte Mecklenburg School spokeswoman Kathleen Johansen said
A man answered Exum’s door Tuesday evening. He said Exum knew police are not charging her.
The homeowner, 81-year-old Virginia Rann, was inside and had just gotten up when the bus crashed but she was not injured. She said she usually sleeps on the couch in the living room, which was rammed by the bus, but she had already gotten up for the day.
“I just saw something come through my doors. I jumped up and this thing went to my couch where I had been sleeping at,” she said.
Firefighters rescued Rann and took her out the back door of the home. She said it’s a miracle she wasn’t hurt or killed.
“I always say, ‘Lord, take care of me.’ He took care of me for 81 years. I always trust in the Lord,” Rann said.
Charlotte Fire Department Capt. Mark Basnight said Rann’s family had been urging her to move because they felt it was unsafe for her to live alone. Because the house is a total loss, she’s now being forced to move, which family members said makes the wreck somewhat of a blessing in disguise.
After the bus was towed away, Rann’s relatives were allowed to go back inside and remove her valuables. They said they got what Rann said she couldn’t be without – her church hats.
Johansen said the bus driver was surprised by the presence of the student because she did not do a thorough search of the bus after the first drop off, which is required by CMS. She said the driver will undergo a drug test and be suspended with pay pending the outcome of an investigation, per CMS protocol. The driver has worked for CMS since 2000.
School officials said that they will be sending out a reminder to all bus drivers to remind them to check their buses for students after each route.
According to authorities, the bus driver had just dropped students off at the Northwest School of the Arts and was on her way to pick up another group of students when a 15-year-old boy, who had fallen asleep on the bus, awoke and startled her.
Police released the bus driver’s name Tuesday evening. Investigators said Kendria Exum swerved and ran into the front of a house in the 1500 block of Norris Avenue near Statesville Road just before 7 a.m. Both Exum and the student, the only ones aboard the bus at the time, suffered minor injuries and were taken to a hospital. They were treated and released, Charlotte Mecklenburg School spokeswoman Kathleen Johansen said
A man answered Exum’s door Tuesday evening. He said Exum knew police are not charging her.
The homeowner, 81-year-old Virginia Rann, was inside and had just gotten up when the bus crashed but she was not injured. She said she usually sleeps on the couch in the living room, which was rammed by the bus, but she had already gotten up for the day.
“I just saw something come through my doors. I jumped up and this thing went to my couch where I had been sleeping at,” she said.
Firefighters rescued Rann and took her out the back door of the home. She said it’s a miracle she wasn’t hurt or killed.
“I always say, ‘Lord, take care of me.’ He took care of me for 81 years. I always trust in the Lord,” Rann said.
Charlotte Fire Department Capt. Mark Basnight said Rann’s family had been urging her to move because they felt it was unsafe for her to live alone. Because the house is a total loss, she’s now being forced to move, which family members said makes the wreck somewhat of a blessing in disguise.
After the bus was towed away, Rann’s relatives were allowed to go back inside and remove her valuables. They said they got what Rann said she couldn’t be without – her church hats.
Johansen said the bus driver was surprised by the presence of the student because she did not do a thorough search of the bus after the first drop off, which is required by CMS. She said the driver will undergo a drug test and be suspended with pay pending the outcome of an investigation, per CMS protocol. The driver has worked for CMS since 2000.
School officials said that they will be sending out a reminder to all bus drivers to remind them to check their buses for students after each route.
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