{"id":282278,"date":"2026-05-23T20:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/282278\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T20:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:41:16","slug":"video-shows-terrifying-moment-florida-teen-was-struck-by-car-while-boarding-school-bus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/282278\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows terrifying moment Florida teen was struck by car while boarding school bus"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 In a heart-stopping reminder of the urgent need for school bus safety, a newly released video captures the moment a 14-year-old girl was struck by a car while boarding her bus in Florida, sparking a passionate plea for drivers to heed the law.<\/p>\n

The footage released by the School District of Lee County shows the near-tragic moment when a 14-year-old girl, Abby Masters, was struck by a car while getting on her school bus in Florida, per our news partners at WINK News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Abby is recovering well, but her story has sparked a powerful call to action for drivers.<\/p>\n

According to WINK News, just seven weeks after losing her father, the Masters family faced another heart-stopping moment when they learned their granddaughter had been hit. As Abby heals, her grandparents are determined to raise awareness about the importance of stopping for school buses. <\/p>\n

See also: PHOTOS: 50 dogs rescued from ammonia-filled Tennessee home brought to Boca Raton rescue<\/a><\/p>\n

“It doesn\u2019t take a tragedy for drivers to understand how dangerous passing a bus can be,” Lori Masters, Abby’s grandmother, said passionately.<\/p>\n

According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, in the United States, drivers illegally pass school buses between 39 and 43 million times a year. In just five months, over 25,000 drivers have been caught violating this crucial law in Lee County alone.<\/p>\n

Lori added, “No one is more important than that innocent student trying to get to school.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 In a heart-stopping reminder of the urgent need for school bus safety, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-282278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}