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Why children should ride a Saf-T-Liner!

Safety Matters

The remarkable camera footage below captures a severe collision between a Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner C2 and a passenger vehicle near Tuscon, Arizona in September. Below is an excerpt from the news report of the crash followed by video footage of the accident itself from both inside the bus as well as from a roadside camera.

Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.22.2009

Three people in a sedan were killed Tuesday morning when the driver crossed the center line of Ajo Highway southwest of Tucson and smashed head-on into a school bus. Two of four high school students on the bus were taken to a hospital as a precaution. Two adults on the bus were uninjured.

The wreck occurred just after 6 a.m. and closed Ajo west of South Kinney Road near Ryan Airfield in both directions for more than three hours, said Officer Brian Jimenez, a spokesman with the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

The passengers in the car — two men and a woman — were pronounced dead at the scene, said Tracy Koslowski, a spokeswoman for the Drexel Heights Fire District. The victims’ names have not been released. Investigators on scene believe the passenger vehicle was heading west when it crossed the center line and collided with the school bus, according to a DPS news release.

A DPS photo radar enforcement van was in the area at the time of the crash, and investigators plan to review footage, Jimenez said. The Altar Valley School District bus was headed to Flowing Wells High School at the time of the crash, Jimenez said. Altar Valley, a K-8 school district southwest of Tucson, can send its high school students to any district they choose, said Nic Clement, Flowing Wells School District superintendent.