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Monday, December 8, 2014Area:
Charlotte, NCA Union County school bus driver died Monday after a collision with a garbage truck in Waxhaw. The crash occurred around 3 p.m. on New Town Road near Waxhaw Indian Trail Road when the driver of the garbage truck crossed the center line on a curve and collided with bus #334 head-on. The driver of the bus, Timothy Jerome McManus, was pronounced deceased at the crash site. McManus had worked for the school district for three years. The driver of the garbage truck was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. No children were on board the bus at the time of the crash.
Date:
Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
Charlotte, NCA school bus full of elementary school children was hit by a car in Rowan County Tuesday morning.
The crash was reported around 9:45 a.m. on Woodleaf Road in Rowan County just outside of Salisbury near W. Ridge Road.
The school bus was bringing back 28 students from Woodleaf Elementary School who had gone to see a play at the Norvell Theater in downtown Salisbury.
A car crossed the center line of the road hitting the bus head-on. A second bus full of students was behind the first bus, but it was not involved in the accident.