Driver Roy Newman, 67, killed; several children injured when school bus crashes into tree in Midland, Georgia

Modified Date: 
Sun, 07/14/2019 - 12:35pm
Accident Date: 
Monday, August 22, 2016

DRIVER DEAD, CHILDREN INJURED IN SCHOOL BUS CRASH

Multiple news agencies report the crash happened Monday morning near Aaron Cohn Middle School in Midland.

Columbus Fire Department spokesman Ricky Shores says the school bus carrying seven children was headed to Mathews Elementary School when it ran off the road and hit a tree.

Muscogee bus driver died of blunt force trauma in accident

Newman started working for the school district in 2013 as a bus driver trainee and became a full-time driver in March 2014, MCSD communications director Valerie Fuller said in a news release.

Type: Bus Accident
People Involved: 
Roy Newman

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