WLKY Investigates Stats behind JCPS Bus Crash

Louisville, IN
The 911 calls and police report have been released in the crash that sent more than 50 Jefferson County Public School students to the hospital.

About 7:15 a.m. Friday, a school bus was blindsided by a Ford Mustang.

Fifty-one students were sent to five hospitals.

Now, a newly released police report backs up that account. It states that the Mustang, with three Butler High School students inside, ran a stop sign before it hit the bus, and that the Mustang was going too fast, between 40 and 50 mph.

It was a serious bus accident in a county accustomed to them.

According to Kentucky State Police, there have been 150 crashes involving school buses in Jefferson County so far this year, a pace roughly on par with previous years.

But the number of people injured in those accidents is way up -- 118 so far.

Protestors not Happy with Superintendent's Response to Bullying

Huntsville, AL
Protestors are firing back at Huntsville City Schools a day after the Superintendent said statistics don't back their claims of violence.

Several protestors said after Thursday night's meeting and the Superintendent's comments, they're more fired up than ever.

Dr. Casey Wardynski addressed the situation at the board meeting.

"It's when children stray from where they are supposed to be that we begin having trouble," he told the crowd. "Well, we do a lot to prevent that."

The crowd tried to question Wardynski, but they were hushed as he continued his comments.

A group that spoke on behalf of a Butler High School student who was attacked in a bathroom said they felt that comment was directed at the victim. They said Wardynski isn't blaming the attackers, but the victim who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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