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driver and Capt. Ed Streapy of th$ Sheriffs Department, who came upon the bus on his way to work, used fire extinguishers on the engine without raising the hood of the bus.
Another bus was sent to corm plete the run and bring the children to school. Several bystanders reported they had seen flames under the hood.
Later Monday when the bus was driven into the shop, it was checked and there was no evidence that there had been any flames under the hood< Mr. Chappell said that there was q leak in one of the hoses and som<> fluid may have spilled onto the manifold causing the smoke.
He said the substitute bus would continue to be used until Bus 5 could be more thoroughly checked, and the substitute bus would be equipped with a radio.
Earlier in the year a light colored station wagon forced Bus 1 off the’ road and into a ditch, Mr. Chappell said. No children were on the bus at the time, which was going to start its run. The bus was damaged and was sent to Salem for repairs. j
In another incident Bus 11 was involved in an accident when no chil-* dren were on it, Mr. Chappell saidi He said the driver was taking the bus home when another vehicle ap^ proached. The driver tried to get out of the way of the approaching vehicle but was hit anyway and a fender had to be replaced. !
Mr. Chappell said he was award of one other incident in which 4 school bus and another vehicle “touched bumpers” in front of the Rappahannock Farmers’ Co-op. Hd said there were no injuries in that in-j cident.
“We’ve had a rash of these things,” Mr. Chappell said. “We have a fine fleet of drivers, and we’re reminding them to focus on safe and cautious driving. We’ve got to get this thing turned around.”
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