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Two Injured
in Bus Okay
Joan Kaye Hall of Huntly and her daughter, who were involved in a single vehicle bus accident on Route 659 on June 3, were treated and released from Front Royal Hospital soon after the accident.
Hall has bruises on her face and body and has stitches in her jaw. Her daughter has a black eye.
Reached by phone, Hall said she was on her way to Amissville via Route 659 to pick up students when she attempted to stop at an intersection. According to her, the brakes failed, causing the bus to run the intersection and crash into the embankment on the other side.
Said Hall: “All I know is that the brake did not work. It (the brake) went all the way to the floor and the bus didn’t slow down at all.” Hall said she had had no trouble with the brakes on previous days, nor had she noticed the brakes getting any worse. The bus, a 1976 International, had 113,000 miles on it. Hall has had a bus driver’s license for four years. She drove full time for two of those years and part time for the other two.
County mechanic Allie Huff is examining the bus to determine the cause of any mechanical failure. In an interview, Huff said he could not confirm whether or not the brakes failed. He does not believe there will be any way to determine that.
Huff did not think the age of the bus (nine years old) had anything to do with the accident. He did say, though, that 10 years was long enough to run any bus.
An adjuster from the Erie Insurance Company, Charles Williams, said the average school bus runs anywhere from 150,000 to 200,000 miles. He did not think the mileage on the bus Hall was driving had any bearing on the accident.
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