injuring four kindergarten students<\/a>.<\/p>\nBoth crashes happened near railroad crossings.<\/p>\n
The grandmother of one of the students involved in Wednesday\u2019s crash shared a message to drivers after the repeated accidents on Zoo Parkway.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey need to drive with caution,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of traffic on this road. This is a main road that a lot of semi trucks and a lot of cars come through here, and definitely when these buses are stopping at this railroad crossing, the drivers and everybody need to be very careful.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a reminder, all school buses are required by state and federal law to stop at all railroad crossings.<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t matter if there is a train or not, and it doesn\u2019t matter if there are children on the bus or not. So drivers behind a school bus should be prepared to stop behind any buses at railroad crossings.<\/p>\n
In the crash last Thursday, about 30 kindergarteners from San Pablo Elementary School were on a Duval County bus headed to the Jacksonville Zoo when a semi truck driver crashed into the back of the bus as it crossed the tracks, later telling JSO his \u201cbrakes were not working.\u201d<\/p>\n
No details were initially provided about the cause of Wednesday\u2019s crash, but at the scene, News4JAX saw the bus stopped at the railroad tracks near Parker Avenue and Main Street with a tow truck behind it.<\/p>\n
The grandmother who spoke to News4JAX said her grandson was shaken up afterward \u2014 and so was she.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe hit his head as well. Some of his things flew out of the seat and flew down, but I didn\u2019t see any visible marks or anything on him. His head hurts a little, but we\u2019re going to take him to the emergency room right now,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m OK now that I saw him and was able to put my hands on him and just hold him, but just the shaking of him when he saw me and immediately just went into tears.\u201d<\/p>\n
News4JAX will continue to dig into the cause of Wednesday\u2019s crash.<\/p>\n
According to JSO records, the 37-year-old semi driver in the crash last week was cited for careless driving and fined $164. We are not naming the driver because there are no criminal charges.<\/p>\n
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