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5 children taken to hospital after school bus collision in Kingman, Arizona

Modified Date: 
Thu, 08/13/2015 - 1:16pm
Accident Date: 
Thursday, August 13, 2015

5 kids taken to hospital for checks after Kingman bus crash

Police says five students were taken to a Kingman hospital as a precaution after their school bus driver pulled out in front of a car and the bus was hit broadside. The accident Thursday morning happened after 21-year-old Cody Strawan of Kingman pulled the bus into traffic after stopping at a stop sign. The remaining students on the bus were released to their parents or guardians. Kingman police spokeswoman Jennifer Sochocki (Soh-chah-KEE') says the two women in the car suffered non-life threatening injuries mainly caused by their seat belts and deployment of their sedan's air bags. Sochocki says he was cited for failure to yield to oncoming traffic.
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Type: Bus Accident
Topics: 
School Bus, Side Collision, Children/Minors Involved, Right of Way/Failure to Yield
People Involved: 
Cody Strawan
Jennifer Sochocki
Roadway: 
Unknown
City: 
Kingman, AZ
County: 
Mohave County, AZ
Area: 
Phoenix, AZ

Comments

Submitted by Mike leyva on Thu, 08/13/2015 - 9:52pm
My daughter was on that bus when it happened. I didn't get a phone call and she surly wasn't released to me or her mother. It wasn't till after my daughter got home from school that we found this out! So tomorrow morning I will be going and having a talk with the principal and stopping by the bus barn.

Submitted by Shawn Kelly on Thu, 08/13/2015 - 11:56pm
That's not right my oldest daughter called me and I was there in minutes she and her sister had to be taken to the hospital you should have been notified immediately.

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