Metro-North Train Stops Ten Feet Short of Hitting School Bus Stalled on Tracks

[PolarEventide]

[quote=NBC Connecticut]

There were some frightening moments in Norwalk when a school bus with 40 children on board stalled on Metro-North train tracks Wednesday afternoon.

According to police, the bus, which had just left Silvermine Elementary School stopped at the crossing on Broad Street near Main Avenue around 4 p.m. The driver looked both ways and began to cross the Metro-North tracks when the bus broke down, police said.

Just then, the railroad crossing gates lowered, alerting the driver that a train was approaching. The driver immediately evacuated the bus and moved the students to a safe area.

The southbound Metro-North train stopped 10 feet from the bus, according to police.

Two students received minor injuries while evacuating the bus. They were treated at the scene.[/quote]
Source: [URL="http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/School-Bus-Breaks-Down-on-Metro-North-Tracks-As-Train-Approaches-236448671.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_CTBrand"]NBC Connecticut[/URL]

[muffinmastah]

It's interesting how buses always break down right on the tracks. Stopping before the tracks is supposed to prevent this but it still happened. Fortunately the train stopped somehow.

[Reds]

[QUOTE=muffinmastah;43233184]It's interesting how buses always break down right on the tracks. Stopping before the tracks is supposed to prevent this but it still happened. Fortunately the train stopped somehow.[/QUOTE]

The ones that don't break down on tracks and break down shortly before or after aren't covered in news stories.

[arlygoodbrownie]

[QUOTE]Two students received minor injuries while evacuating the bus. They were treated at the scene.[/QUOTE]

To be honest, this sounds funny to me. The train had nothing to do with it. They just somehow hurt themselves getting off the bus. :v:

[BryBreadmin]

[QUOTE=LegndNikko;43233321]To be honest, this sounds funny to me. The train had nothing to do with it. They just somehow hurt themselves getting off the bus. :v:[/QUOTE]

I imagine they were pretty rushed and scared considering there was a fucking train coming.