AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Leander Independent School District released dash camera video from inside a school bus moments before it crashed in the Sandy Creek neighborhood last week.
On the first day of school for the district, the bus was coming from Bagdad Elementary School around 3:15 p.m. carrying 42 children and an adult at the time of the crash, located in the 22100 block of Nameless Road. Eighteen people were taken to the hospital, including 17 children and the driver.
In the video, the perspective from the front of the bus shows a slick road with rain. You can see the bus cross the center line and then come back into its lane before going over the curb, eventually landing on its side.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) opened a safety investigation in conjunction with the Texas Department of Public Safety into the crash.
The NTSB investigates significant events involving modes of transportation including railroad, transit, highway, marine, pipeline and commercial space, according to the agency’s website.
The driver was placed on administrative leave, according to the district. KXAN submitted a public information request for the driver’s training records, as well as any information related to their experience. The district will send that request to the attorney general’s office on the basis of confidentiality.
After the crash, many concerned viewers reached out to KXAN via email and on social media to talk about road safety in the area.
There have been 110 crashes on Nameless Road, according to Texas Department of Transportation data, of which those crashes involved 178 people and 141 vehicles.
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