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Rhindi Isaacs, 12, was killed after her school bus collided head-on with an SUV in early March. Two occupants in the SUV were also pronounced dead at the scene. At the time of this writing, the crash was still under investigation.
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Stephen Puchta, director of field services and
pupil transportation for the Ohio Department of Education, died unexpectedly on March 13. He was 65.
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Heroes Five high school students in Canada parked their school bus safely and administered first- aid to their driver, after he suffered a medical emergency while behind the wheel. The teenagers were recently recognized for their heroic behavior.
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Italy is offering citizenship to a 13-year-old
Egyptian boy after he alerted police that his school bus driver had kidnapped 51 children and several adult chaperones during a field trip on March 20. The school bus driver forced the adults to zip-tie the students, then he threatened to burn everyone on board alive. The boy, Ramy Shehat, pretended to pray in Arabic while he secretly called his father and told him of the attack. Police soon arrived, and the driver set the bus ablaze, but everyone on board was rescued without injury.
stnonline.com/go/4x.
Lee County School District in Alabama continues to be impacted
by the devastating tornado that swept across two-thirds of the region earlier this year. Additional school bus routes are now necessary. Those new routes are expected to continue through the beginning of next school year, due to the displacement of students and their families.
stnonline.com/go/4y.
Hot Topic: Women History Month March commemorates the vital role
women play in American history. School Transportation News is highlighting some key women who have made an impact in the school transportation field. Check the website periodically over the coming months for profiles of outstanding woman in our industry. The first article, published in March, featured Marcia Hahn, who recently retired as transportation director for Estacada School District in Oregon. Hahn reflected on highlights from her 40-year career, and she shared with STN what it was like to be a woman during a time when the industry leadership was mostly comprised of men.
stnoline.com/go/women.
14 School Transportation News • MAY 2019
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