The Fox River Grove Incident 23 years later

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  • čas přidán 24. 10. 2018
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    I didn't get to start work on this one last year but after 5 days of work here it is now finally finished. Another one that was requested. On October 25th 1995 school bus 103 was struck by Metra train 624 bound for Chicago. As we revisit that fateful day we uncover some disturbing facts like a green traffic light that was never seen or a nurse for the dying trying to save a boy that dies in his arms. I am changing the style of these documentaries to look more professional in the future and this one has 0 music from Thomas and friends or any other source people cried about (Although I may use them again in the future) Enjoy and do not expect videos around Thanksgiving due to Sunday after and family.
    Personally the credits scene was one of my favorite parts of this documentary. Special thanks to Coasterfan2105 for his incredible videography of those Metra trains. You rock! I recommend you subscribe to him for more awesome videos too
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  • @leorobin832
    @leorobin832 Před 2 lety +762

    All these comments are trash. I feel like none of you watched the video all the way through to completion to see why this accident actually occurred and that’s not totally the bus drivers fault. I keep seeing people say “why didn’t she move off the tracks?” “Why did she just sit there?” “ there’s no way she couldn’t hear the train and the kids yelling at her to go.” Because she didn’t know she was on tracks. She didn’t know why the kids were yelling and only had seconds to try to figure it out. How can she clearly hear what they are saying when they’re all screaming in panic? Also it’s been stated that the intersection was poorly designed and that multiple things are modified (like light times) that screwed up the system and made it possible for an accident like this to happen in the first place. You can so easily judge her from behind your screens because you did not live this moment like she did in that drivers seat. And if you try to say that she should’ve known her route better, she was subbing for somebody who had called off. She doesn’t drive any of the routes. She just works in the transportation department for the school. “She should have felt the bar hit the bus.” Well I’m not surprise she didn’t because kids bouncing around on the bus can make that easy to miss and I doubt it hit the bus hard enough to be noticed on the inside. It was a driver behind the bus pointed out that the bar came down and tapped it. And the light turning green? She was too distracted by the screaming to notice. Otherwise she would have pulled through and the bus never would’ve been hit. I don’t know if you can really find fault with the bus driver or not considering all the factors in play. The most you could really say is maybe she should’ve had a little more situational awareness but how could she have known she needed to pull forward if she thought she was clear of the tracks? How was she supposed to be more situationally aware? Perhaps she should’ve just listen to the students and pulled out into the traffic but then they would’ve gotten hit by a car and since she didn’t know the train would hit them why would she pull into traffic and risk getting hit? Also it’s quite mean to say she shouldn’t work in transportation ever again when all she did was go back to her original position because she was just subbing to drive that bus for the day. She needs to have a job so she can eat and have a home. Maybe she had a family she provided for. You don’t know.

    • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
      @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren  Před 2 lety +196

      FINALLY ANOTHER PERSON GETS IT! While she was one of the main contributing factors, there were scores of others that led to disaster especially that rubbish crossing design! The fact similar designs exist especially a few in my area makes me facepalm hard, I swear some construction contractors are born to be dropped on the floor as soon as they exit the womb. There's a reason I went through the scores of other factors big and small right down to the crossing timers before talking about the driver & the last minute green light. I don't know if Patricia's driving record was as bad as the one involved in the Tennga collision or the Congers incident (Both drivers had bad driving records in those incidents and were generally A$$holes) but if her record was as bad as those 2 that could explain the lapse in judgement but good lord these kids in the comments make it out like she was the offspring of Satan or something even saying "ShE dId It On PuRpOsE" or "iT wAs MuRdEr" like excuse me?! Compared to the Congers and Tennga drivers she's tame in comparison. She obviously didn't do it on purpose if she got up seconds before impact thinking a crisis was going on inside the bus like a fight or something, believe me high school kids are a different breed of crazy at times.

    • @themarylandman1475
      @themarylandman1475 Před 2 lety +43

      Facts.

    • @teenat7044
      @teenat7044 Před 2 lety +82

      One of the only sensible comments I've seen. Thank you. So many people bashing the poor bus driver and it's just unnecessary

    • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
      @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren  Před 2 lety +98

      @@teenat7044 That's why I pinned it replacing my years old status update pin. I'm getting sick of people demonizing the driver. Yes she made a mistake no question but compared to the other 2 bus vs train crashes I've covered she's tame in comparison.

    • @Ledboi420
      @Ledboi420 Před 2 lety +12

      Facts

  • @kiyarah
    @kiyarah Před 5 lety +7869

    Ironic it was a safety supervisor that was driving

    • @justanormalbird8302
      @justanormalbird8302 Před 5 lety +50

      Oof

    • @jacobbennett4131
      @jacobbennett4131 Před 5 lety +2

      @@justanormalbird8302 aayyye cancer my 🅱️

    • @carteradams43
      @carteradams43 Před 5 lety +10

      what i was thinking lol

    • @algrayson8965
      @algrayson8965 Před 5 lety +88

      The plant safety supervisor where I worked injured my hand from a gross safety violation. Yet I was the one subjected to the drug test, not him!

    • @yeahoh2222
      @yeahoh2222 Před 5 lety +2

      F

  • @nimbly1693
    @nimbly1693 Před 5 lety +15454

    Never stop on a track. Run the damn light.

    • @phantomaviator1318
      @phantomaviator1318 Před 5 lety +263

      Yeah.

    • @richardeast3328
      @richardeast3328 Před 5 lety +562

      Seems so logical.

    • @stopbeingahypocritepeople4437
      @stopbeingahypocritepeople4437 Před 5 lety +501

      If you want to live yeah man that's smart

    • @jackhewitt7902
      @jackhewitt7902 Před 5 lety +296

      Well the Highway Code witch is the uk equivalent it actually says that if your driving over a level crossing/rail road crossing that if the lights and the alarm sounds you are to drive to the other side of the crossing as fast as safely possible

    • @anjelicacooper8057
      @anjelicacooper8057 Před 5 lety +367

      exactly I'm not trying to be killed and not trying to kill anyone else 100% the bus drivers fault

  • @unwritten_zephyr
    @unwritten_zephyr Před 2 lety +3628

    I have family who work for the railroad, and one thing they told me when I got my license was this; if you’re crossing the tracks and the gates close down on you, drive through them. They’re made of a material thats easy to break, and replacing the gates is much easier than dealing with you getting hit by a train.

    • @RegnokkOSRS
      @RegnokkOSRS Před 2 lety +355

      It’s scary that this needs to be explained. How stupid do you have to be to value a guard rail over your life? Lol

    • @klystron2010
      @klystron2010 Před 2 lety +282

      @@RegnokkOSRS People might not realize they're breakable, especially not in the heat of the moment.

    • @MrFrazierNation
      @MrFrazierNation Před 2 lety +30

      @@klystron2010 Correct

    • @turfdesturcto7325
      @turfdesturcto7325 Před 2 lety +18

      If this happened would you stand still

    • @BoutiqueTiger
      @BoutiqueTiger Před 2 lety +59

      @@klystron2010 that’s called natural selection. Not to mention, you could just get out of your car

  • @ChilledBacon
    @ChilledBacon Před 2 lety +312

    Stories like these make me realize why my parents worry when I'm out of their sight...

    • @8ball576
      @8ball576 Před 2 lety +10

      And you would think oh their safety patrol, no they have a reason for that. You get a thumbs up for me

    • @prettiestmills2.0
      @prettiestmills2.0 Před 4 měsíci

      Exactly. And my parents are especially overprotective of me because so many bad things have happened to me. I realise that they just would rather have me alive than dead

  • @sallyj632
    @sallyj632 Před 2 lety +6433

    Kids: "TRAAAAIIIIIINNNNN!"
    Driver: "I'm confused."

    • @chattanoogahardcorearchive
      @chattanoogahardcorearchive Před 2 lety +192

      She gonna be really confused when that train hit her

    • @nataliemonroe3031
      @nataliemonroe3031 Před 2 lety +97

      @@blobbie1458 Exactly, that didn't seem right to me as soon as they said it. Like if the kids yelling *"TRAIN"* didn't get her attention, then the loud horn and vibration from the train should've got her attention. Plus, if the kids were pointing in the direction of the train, she could've looked in the direction and saw the train coming.

    • @Svettanka
      @Svettanka Před 2 lety +37

      @JOYEE Speak English, damnit

    • @hannahhypee7100
      @hannahhypee7100 Před 2 lety +24

      Honestly!!! What the hell! Something isn't right here. If that ain't the most common sense thing, this could've been easily avoided.

    • @sallyj632
      @sallyj632 Před 2 lety +41

      @@hannahhypee7100 Exactly. And trains are pretty loud. If a driver can't hear a train approaching, then they shouldn't be driving, period.

  • @avreefausnaught5769
    @avreefausnaught5769 Před 3 lety +9925

    “Was it solely the driver’s fault?”
    Pretty much yeah

  • @Micah_777
    @Micah_777 Před 2 lety +340

    If you’ve got 30 kids screaming “ There is Train, MOVE”, a train horn blasting, and bystanders yelling to you move and you’re confused…
    AND your like the school safety director thing…just how.

    • @julesssssssss
      @julesssssssss Před 2 lety +32

      combined with the fact that the gate hit the roof... sounds more like it was pre-meditated than an accident

    • @baaldiablo8459
      @baaldiablo8459 Před 2 lety +15

      She's guilty.

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 2 lety +18

      From the timeline this all occured in less then 20 seconds
      The train driver reported seeing the bus cross the tracks 23 seconds prior to collision
      The accident investigation found that without those 20 seconds the screaming of the kids caused the driver to turn around and belive that there was an emergency inside the bus and the driver missed the light turn green

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 2 lety +15

      @L "she shouldn't have stopped in the first place"
      The investigation concluded that she never knew she was on the track, why would she "keep going" into oncoming highway traffic?
      Also the fence hit the back of the bus, she didn't stop on the tracks, she stopped at the intersection of the highway and because of the *poorly designed* crossing the back of the bus crossed onto the tracks
      The investigation also found that the screaming of the kids confused the driver and she mistook it as an internal bus issue so she diverted her attention to the kids which is when the train going at around 70 miles per hour hit the bus

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 2 lety +12

      @L And for context
      A vehicle moving at 70mph moves around 103 feet *per second*
      Meaning every 5 seconds the train travels around 513 feet
      The railway crossing also had been modified to give less warning time due to an error

  • @kenzievn6877
    @kenzievn6877 Před 2 lety +151

    She's a safety officer for the school buses and didn't know what to do when a train was coming?

  • @smoocifilms6169
    @smoocifilms6169 Před 3 lety +6115

    This comment is edited, now you’ll never know why it has so many likes.

    • @someidiot420
      @someidiot420 Před 2 lety +602

      *the train doesnt dismiss you i do*

    • @smoocifilms6169
      @smoocifilms6169 Před 2 lety +26

      @@someidiot420 😂

    • @thesage4183
      @thesage4183 Před 2 lety +74

      @@someidiot420 but it did dismiss them

    • @manuelnovela5980
      @manuelnovela5980 Před 2 lety +15

      @@rain8758 not funny and this comment is disgusting

    • @rain8758
      @rain8758 Před 2 lety +23

      @@manuelnovela5980 Ok? You did nothing.

  • @granddukeofnuke-chester
    @granddukeofnuke-chester Před 3 lety +8627

    I feel like common sense would kick in to move....you have all those students saying go, and the train horn. At that point I'd fucking go even if it was a red light

    • @Wifgargfhaurh
      @Wifgargfhaurh Před 3 lety +888

      Driver should've been charged with manslaughter

    • @psychonautics4205
      @psychonautics4205 Před 3 lety +189

      She won a Darwin Award for this shit lol

    • @kennythetrend3688
      @kennythetrend3688 Před 2 lety +145

      @@Wifgargfhaurh Definitely negligence.

    • @Cynthia-il8ju
      @Cynthia-il8ju Před 2 lety +122

      My mother is a school bus driver and she told me that they should take the red light when on train tracks

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Wifgargfhaurh Bus or train driver?

  • @sairo...
    @sairo... Před 2 lety +170

    so the woman taught “safety” huh? Ironic,

  • @jay3368
    @jay3368 Před 2 lety +260

    I seen many comments wondering why she was never charged with anything. The fact that the crossing was in fact deemed designed incorrectly, it puts the county/city in a bad spot more than the bus driver in legal context. However, I do feel something was very off about her not being able to notice the train or the crossing signal hitting the bus TWENTY FIVE SECONDS prior to the train approaching

    • @joemama-ej7kw
      @joemama-ej7kw Před 2 lety +17

      At some point she should have just used common sense and broke the law a little to save those kids

    • @jthedon420
      @jthedon420 Před 2 lety +7

      @@joemama-ej7kw not even braking the law it’s saving your life

    • @Rocco-tb9ih
      @Rocco-tb9ih Před 2 lety +18

      @@jthedon420 yeah it's not like a cop is gonna pull you over saying "Hey ma'am, sorry but you saved the lives of these children and ran the red light while in that train crossing back there, I'm gonna need you to step out of the vehicle."

    • @That_Guy_Ty
      @That_Guy_Ty Před 2 lety +4

      Not to mention the blaring horn from a train, those damn things are so loud, and they don’t normally use those unless they have to, at least in my experience

    • @joemama-ej7kw
      @joemama-ej7kw Před 2 lety +1

      @@That_Guy_Ty I think they have to use them when they cross roads

  • @bibbo3167
    @bibbo3167 Před 2 lety +4548

    The fact that she didn’t even notice the alarms and gate THAT HIT THE BUS

    • @Mary-bd9vu
      @Mary-bd9vu Před 2 lety +45

      RIGHT!

    • @chloegibbs7204
      @chloegibbs7204 Před 2 lety +240

      Oh and the kids literally screaming “TRAIN”

    • @reddrenched6074
      @reddrenched6074 Před 2 lety +291

      1. The train signals 2. The gate hit the bus 3. The train horn 4. The kids screaming train
      Absolutely no excuse

    • @lostinspace8521
      @lostinspace8521 Před 2 lety +87

      @@reddrenched6074 AND SHES STILL A DRIVER UGH

    • @nancyhess7301
      @nancyhess7301 Před 2 lety +89

      Yet she didn't do jail time or get fired. Got to retire that's sick

  • @Fitzpatrick65
    @Fitzpatrick65 Před 5 lety +7163

    RIP Jeffrey J. Clark at age 17, Michael B. Hoffman at age 14, Joseph A. Kalte at age 16, Shawn P. Robinson at age 14, Tiffany Schneider at age 15, Stephanie Fulham at age 15 and Susanna Guzman at age 18. You will not be forgotten.

    • @deleteduser87
      @deleteduser87 Před 5 lety +102

      F

    • @sheogorath2657
      @sheogorath2657 Před 5 lety +24

      barrettproduction who are they?

    • @oldaccount167
      @oldaccount167 Před 5 lety +20

      My names Tiffany... foreashadowing...

    • @alicecupeles62
      @alicecupeles62 Před 5 lety +70

      WarriorPassionXx cause i need a last name just stop it you sound goofy..

    • @Glufub
      @Glufub Před 5 lety +308

      Sheogorath who do you think they are.. they’re clearly the children who died in the accident

  • @Emeraldthefox1
    @Emeraldthefox1 Před 2 lety +296

    The driver's negligence should've gotten her jail time. Or to lose her job at least.

    • @backroomscataloger
      @backroomscataloger Před rokem +6

      so screaming teenagers gets your attention but not *A FREAKING 70 MPH TRAIN?!*

    • @TheGamingCapybara.
      @TheGamingCapybara. Před rokem +8

      @@backroomscataloger I think you underestimate the loudness children can get in distress

    • @_him_.
      @_him_. Před rokem

      no dad??

    • @MichaelLovely-mr6oh
      @MichaelLovely-mr6oh Před měsícem

      I'm surprised the driver didn't face seven counts of Accidental Homicide.

  • @d_all_in
    @d_all_in Před 2 lety +205

    *gate hits bus*
    *train blares horn*
    *kids start screaming*
    Patricia: what's going on?

    • @RECTRONSTREAMS
      @RECTRONSTREAMS Před 2 lety +12

      Patrica: mm yes the sounds of horns gate slaming and children screaming are so normal

    • @rick15666
      @rick15666 Před 2 lety +11

      @@RECTRONSTREAMS I bet you could even start to slightly feel the rumble of that train coming, let alone the blaaaaarrrong horn, and lights… and brightly colored front end… god

    • @Em-._.-
      @Em-._.- Před 2 lety +1

      @@RECTRONSTREAMS on buses, screaming is pretty normal

    • @cierradunham4296
      @cierradunham4296 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Em-._.- yeah but screaming MOVE A TRAIN IS COMING isn't.

    • @Em-._.-
      @Em-._.- Před 2 lety +1

      @@cierradunham4296 true, but it would cause some of the confusion here

  • @mjaynes288
    @mjaynes288 Před 3 lety +4162

    Thank you for mentioning the engineer. So many times people forget to mention the trauma of train crews. They are victims of grade crossing incidents as well.

    • @domino5525
      @domino5525 Před 3 lety +104

      If the bus got hit by the train it is not the trains blame it takes a 1 mile for a train to stop it’s the bus for the blame they was on the rails.

    • @jennybiddle-smiley7173
      @jennybiddle-smiley7173 Před 3 lety +309

      @@domino5525 that doesn’t reduce the amount of trauma the conductor will experience being a part of the incident.

    • @inkyguy
      @inkyguy Před 3 lety +63

      @mjaynes288, and people who jump in front of their trains too.

    • @russeldevries1642
      @russeldevries1642 Před 3 lety +29

      I dated a female train engineer . She just wasn't right in the head . .

    • @jodirook71
      @jodirook71 Před 3 lety +104

      When I was a paramedic I had a patient dying of cancer. He told me he had resolved his life, but for a woman who parked her car on the tracks with 2 kids inside to commit suicide, he could not stop. We talked and I held his hand and said it wasn't your choice, you were a victim just like the kids.

  • @stevensadowski1
    @stevensadowski1 Před 2 lety +1758

    The driver is 100% at fault, never stop on the tracks is common sense.

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 2 lety +44

      She obviously didn't know she was on the tracks.

    • @Nyctophiliac.
      @Nyctophiliac. Před 2 lety +231

      @@krashd It doesn't take a rocket scientist to hit the gas when you hear kids screaming to go and a train barreling towards you with the horn blaring.

    • @moonlightbae6699
      @moonlightbae6699 Před 2 lety +92

      @@krashd the kids were yelling at her to move her dumbass didn’t

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 2 lety +27

      @@Nyctophiliac. Not if you're not sure what's going on
      Any reasonable person would assume the engineers designed the intersection correctly, the logic would not be that the intersection has a fatal flaw which allows long vehicles such as trucks and busses to be in the strike zone while waiting on the light
      So if you're a bus driver who assumes they're in the safe zone, and then all of a sudden are getting yelled at by tons of people, that decision making is hard
      It's easy to say "I would've done it differently!" 26 years later with all the information avaliable at your fingertips

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 2 lety +2

      @@Nyctophiliac. What does that have to do with her initially stopping? The OP's comment was "never stop on the tracks" and I refuted that by saying she didn't know she had done.

  • @15KHPCLUB
    @15KHPCLUB Před 2 lety +51

    I remember this story from driver's ed. My instructor used this as a case study to teach us why it's so important to make sure we don't stop on railroad crossings.

  • @konstantinkoverchenko9587
    @konstantinkoverchenko9587 Před 2 lety +270

    I’m shocked Patrice didn’t turn up dead later after this tragic event.

    • @MD-du5fj
      @MD-du5fj Před 2 lety +46

      I don't think I could live with myself if I was the driver.

    • @biggiebeats1490
      @biggiebeats1490 Před 2 lety +22

      @@MD-du5fj she didn’t care she’s just happy to not have been charged

    • @youraveragejoe2
      @youraveragejoe2 Před 2 lety

      She died from old age later I think

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 Před 2 lety

      Patricia*

  • @abdulklappstuhl633
    @abdulklappstuhl633 Před 4 lety +9307

    Kids : *Screams* Theres a train coming!
    Bus driver : I'm sorry kids, but the light is red

    • @Mrgrumpypants84
      @Mrgrumpypants84 Před 4 lety +301

      Ever try to listen to what 10-15 people are screaming? Especially hyper kids on a school bus?

    • @buddyhirshfield5970
      @buddyhirshfield5970 Před 4 lety +391

      Abdul Klappstuhl Never stop on the railroad tracks

    • @evemarifam9147
      @evemarifam9147 Před 4 lety +253

      Abdul Klappstuhl I would got up sock the bus driver and open the door in let everyone get out . She was devastated my ass.

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato Před 4 lety +30

      @@Mrgrumpypants84 ever try to make a left turn on a busy freeway?

    • @TDKn1ght
      @TDKn1ght Před 4 lety +33

      Herrera family you can do that in 20 seconds?

  • @Joel-cu7tn
    @Joel-cu7tn Před 4 lety +2281

    Kids: *Screaming DRIVE GO FORWARD, TRAIN COMING!*
    Bus Driver: *Patricia was confused by these quotes*

  • @jennyferrios5298
    @jennyferrios5298 Před 2 lety +34

    The sole responsibility of a school employee is the safety of students first and foremost. This is truly sad. 🥺 My heart goes to the families.

  • @shotsbylars
    @shotsbylars Před 2 lety +37

    Wow. I graduated from this high school in 2020, and lived only about 5 minutes from where this occurred. I've crossed these tracks at that exact intersection hundreds of times and this hits extremely close.

  • @aviraider
    @aviraider Před 3 lety +3838

    So it was claimed that the driver was 'devastated' however she continued working in the school district-transportation department until retiring? How devastated could she have been if she continued working around school buses for another 9 years? Putting the bus in that situation alone should have seen to her termination.

    • @DiamanteDea
      @DiamanteDea Před 3 lety +213

      She is very suspicious

    • @ifyourmarriedyourasimpanda7440
      @ifyourmarriedyourasimpanda7440 Před 2 lety +118

      We let women get away with anything nowadays so why are you surprised.

    • @DiamanteDea
      @DiamanteDea Před 2 lety +34

      @@ifyourmarriedyourasimpanda7440 nowadays? Nothing new.

    • @ro-chan9519
      @ro-chan9519 Před 2 lety +14

      @@DiamanteDea sus

    • @ItsCaduceus
      @ItsCaduceus Před 2 lety +130

      She didn’t drive any buses afterwards. While I agree that she should have been charged and terminated (definitely should have been, even if it’s an accident it’s still manslaughter and negligence), I don’t believe anyone who says she wasn’t devastated. As someone who has worked in a long term care home during covid, I saw 38 residents die without being able to help. It’s something that makes it hard for me to work everyday, but I keep going; I can only imagine that’s similar to how she felt

  • @tyheclayton473
    @tyheclayton473 Před 3 lety +890

    I prefer running a red light getting a ticket waiting on train to hit me

    • @cat1554
      @cat1554 Před 3 lety +28

      99% sure they can't ticket you for that.

    • @hamtrak_p42dcamtrak67
      @hamtrak_p42dcamtrak67 Před 3 lety +18

      Yeah you won’t get a ticket unless a Karen sees you for running a red light about to be hit by a train

    • @cooltina789
      @cooltina789 Před 2 lety +5

      Getting hit by oncoming traffic or getting into a wreck will probably save more lives than waiting at the stoplight after crossing the tracks like that

  • @gordonramsay5187
    @gordonramsay5187 Před 2 lety +267

    “was it the drivers fault?” yes. it was quite literally ALL her fault.

    • @Em-._.-
      @Em-._.- Před 2 lety +28

      The crash itself? Yes. The conditions that lead to the crash? Not entirely. These specific kids dying could have been stopped if the bus driver hadn't been so inexperienced and, honestly, dimwitted. With the bad design, though, it was bound to cause a tragic accident at some point

    • @generalprincecodyhedgewolf2944
      @generalprincecodyhedgewolf2944 Před 2 lety +2

      Driver is a Huge Disgrace to the Road and the school

    • @cameronduff884
      @cameronduff884 Před 2 lety +6

      This could have been almost any school bus driver, there is a kind of goodie two shoes syndrome at work, the average driver doesn't really know how long their bus is....shorter busses?

    • @coleallen3895
      @coleallen3895 Před 2 lety +4

      4:16 - the kids were literally shouting “TRAIN!” and told her to move, but she ignored them and instead, perceived this to be a student misbehavior crisis. If this catastrophe happened in California, the bus driver would have been arrested and faced criminal charges for vehicular manslaughter. That carries a penalty of 5 years in state prison for each person that died and with 7 people being killed, along with reckless endangerment, the driver could have been sentenced to 36 years behind bars! (And she would still be in prison right now if that happened)

    • @pokedude720
      @pokedude720 Před 2 lety +8

      @@coleallen3895 Keep in mind that it all happened in 20 seconds and many people shouting all at the same time makes it so that any one thing is hard to come across, if any. Clearly she knew something was up, but she didn't know if it was a medical emergency, the kids bring loud, or warning her of the bus being on the tracks.
      Also, as Thunderbolt and the NTSB investigation said, the light only changed ~6 seconds prior to collision, giving her little time to react even if the message did get up to her.

  • @s29nv1sr1
    @s29nv1sr1 Před 2 lety +25

    This took place pretty close to where I live. It was pretty sobering to hear this story in middle school before our bus safety lesson. May all those children rest in peace

  • @deidara7834
    @deidara7834 Před 2 lety +4454

    "The crossing was badly designed," Nah fam, that driver WAS.

  • @mombiethezombie7536
    @mombiethezombie7536 Před 3 lety +3207

    I’m a bus driver in Illinois and one of my former co workers from a different job had a child on this bus. Her kid lost a very good friend because he saw the train and started throwing other students towards the front when it was hit and he was killed. Her story about this day stuck with me and it made me a better driver. If you can’t do it safely, don’t do it.

    • @ambermullenax8186
      @ambermullenax8186 Před 3 lety +95

      That should be every driver’s motto… unfortunately that is not the case.

    • @dem0000
      @dem0000 Před 3 lety +153

      Thank you for keeping them safe! In middle school we went over train tracks every ride and also on the highway, plus it was a 45 minute bus ride. My bus driver NEVER missed slowing the bus way down, opening the door, looking thoroughly both ways down the tracks, then continuing. She never missed doing that, not once. I am thankful for her skills those many years ago!

    • @nixie6077
      @nixie6077 Před 2 lety +24

      No one knows if they can do it safely though. I'm sure this driver assumed she was good and safe, too. That's the flaw of humanity. Everyone thinks they're smart until they end up killing a bunch of kids.

    • @mombiethezombie7536
      @mombiethezombie7536 Před 2 lety +64

      @@nixie6077 there is actually a saying in bus driving that says if you can’t do it safely, don’t do it. In training the number one thing they make sure we know how to do perfectly is railway stops. We do them over and over so much that it’s not uncommon for us drivers to try and do them in our cars when we aren’t at work. I’ve seen trainees not even get a chance to become drivers because they can’t do a railway stop correctly. There MUST be plenty of clearance for the bus to make it across. This driver should never have tried to go over these tracks.

    • @Lily_of_the_Forest
      @Lily_of_the_Forest Před 2 lety +34

      That young man was a HERO

  • @MrYeet-nm3rb
    @MrYeet-nm3rb Před 2 lety +117

    Omg this nearly happened to my bus when I was in 1st grade. Exact same scenario you described in the beginning. It was terrifying but luckily our bus driver floored it and got out of there. Could've easily not been like that but I'm glad it went the way it did

    • @nightxgeorge.
      @nightxgeorge. Před 2 lety +9

      im happy that you lived to tell the tale god bless all of the 1st graders who could have had their life cut short

    • @8ball576
      @8ball576 Před 2 lety +2

      I’d like to give the driver a pat on the back he/she actually thought this could save our lives

    • @inmypjs1426
      @inmypjs1426 Před 2 lety +2

      @@8ball576 a pat on the back for not being confused.. anybody with common sense would’ve known if kids are screaming and you can hear a train from miles away, to drive the bus out of the way.

    • @DanTDMJace
      @DanTDMJace Před rokem

      @@inmypjs1426 alright guys read the pinned comment.

    • @inmypjs1426
      @inmypjs1426 Před rokem

      @@DanTDMJace Okay I agree now that it’s not the bus drivers fault, I didn’t think about the fact that she obviously heard the train but she probably thought she was off the tracks since it was the back of the bus. Thank you for pointing out that comment

  • @RutRowBryce
    @RutRowBryce Před 2 lety +38

    you telling me after this event she stayed at that job for 5 more years, retired, and moved away from the state where she murdered 5 children? wow

    • @Big_Bag_of_Pus
      @Big_Bag_of_Pus Před 3 měsíci

      Did your post seem to you like something an intelligent person might say? Because it wasn't.

  • @Random.Channel_
    @Random.Channel_ Před 4 lety +2812

    How do you get confused from a train horn gates and people yelling move there’s a train coming

  • @ccarrtterr
    @ccarrtterr Před 4 lety +4738

    Kid: there’s a train!
    The driver: the train doesn’t dismiss you, I do.

    • @spongebobmiscellaneous
      @spongebobmiscellaneous Před 4 lety +134

      Omg 😬 I shouldn’t be laughing!

    • @irxyqll3585
      @irxyqll3585 Před 3 lety +184

      The train dismissed them alright

    • @dustbag5669
      @dustbag5669 Před 3 lety +54

      Neal Ruhl “i mean you’re not wrong but you didn’t have to go there”

    • @Mrs.Hoxha_ESL
      @Mrs.Hoxha_ESL Před 3 lety +35

      Bus driver should have listened to the kids on the bus

    • @toastii7769
      @toastii7769 Před 3 lety +15

      The wheel of the bus go round and round all through the Town or thought a train
      Sry

  • @xandeath75
    @xandeath75 Před 2 lety +25

    Imagine everyone screaming for you to go and you're just like "huh?"

  • @syriana3548
    @syriana3548 Před 2 lety +25

    there’s a reason you’re not supposed to stop on the train tracks while driving no matter what you’re driving

  • @Mel__21
    @Mel__21 Před 3 lety +1491

    It was her fault. 6 seconds the light turned green. With all that commotion I understand she got confused but she still should have kept her eyes ahead on the light. She would have realized the light had turned green for her to go.

    • @SraTacoMal
      @SraTacoMal Před 2 lety +55

      Don't forget, since they were all screaming at once, and she didn't know she was on the tracks, she probably couldn't tell what they were screaming about, but that it was urgent. The natural instinct in that situation would be to not move until you figure out what the problem is, and there just wasn't the time.

    • @memesarekeem
      @memesarekeem Před 2 lety +76

      @@SraTacoMal It is common sense to stop before the train tracks, and school buses in particular are ALWAYS required to stop before the train tracks, whether one is coming or not. It is the driver's fault, and the driver should've been charged for the obvious negligence.

    • @GunGoose22
      @GunGoose22 Před 2 lety +18

      @@memesarekeem at 3:14 its said she did stop and check before crossing.

    • @ari11967
      @ari11967 Před 2 lety +12

      @@SraTacoMal that’s true. But still why did she stop on the track-

    • @JohnJigsaw420
      @JohnJigsaw420 Před 2 lety +41

      @@ari11967 because there wasn't enough space between the light and the track for the bus. If she got off the track she would be in the intersection. Its partially the city planner's fault and partly the drivers fault.

  • @Trojans175
    @Trojans175 Před 5 lety +850

    Interesting fact: After the incident, Fox River Grove renumbered their ambulance to 657, the 7 has angel wings on it signifying the students that were killed

    • @BrianOmegaWolf
      @BrianOmegaWolf Před 5 lety +11

      What's the significance of the 65?

    • @justanormalbird8302
      @justanormalbird8302 Před 5 lety +7

      @@BrianOmegaWolf *yes*

    • @jaysmith1408
      @jaysmith1408 Před 5 lety +13

      Brian omega wolf if i can make proper sense of identifying units in McHenry County, they are station 6, and ambulances are in the 50 series. So a FRG ambulance would be 650 something, this just happened to be their seventh ambulance.

    • @trafficjon400
      @trafficjon400 Před 4 lety +1

      many things happen to the human mind with such tragic happenings.

    • @BrianOmegaWolf
      @BrianOmegaWolf Před 4 lety

      @@jaysmith1408 oh ok

  • @dianastephany2374
    @dianastephany2374 Před 2 lety +4

    Who in the hell ever thought that this stop light situation was ok? Whoever it was should have been fired and charged with the result of this crash. It’s on their shoulders.

  • @SecondCitySanctioned
    @SecondCitySanctioned Před 2 lety +4

    I went to school here, there’s an area in the front to honor the 7 victims. My mom also went to school at cg. One of her friends was a victim that day. Every year, atleast when I was there, they’d hold a little memorial for them around the time of the accident. It’s a wonderful school and community to be apart of. Some of my absolute favorite moments where inside those school walls, and that’s coming from someone who’s not a fan of school. Its a shame that this tragedy took place, but the community keeps the spirits of those who passed alive and I hope that continues.

  • @theelementofstupidity2665
    @theelementofstupidity2665 Před 4 lety +871

    This is 95 percent the bus drivers fault... none of this is the engineer's fault
    The other 5 percent is the people who designed the crossing

    • @ayewhyyoumadbro2032
      @ayewhyyoumadbro2032 Před 4 lety +18

      Plunger Boi and the traffic light

    • @unknowna.k.a2797
      @unknowna.k.a2797 Před 4 lety +58

      aye why you mad bro oh, hell no, it wasn’t the traffic light’s fault. It’s supposed to turn red when the train thingy turns on. And the light EVEN CHANGED BACK TO GREEN like 10-15 before the accident, and the driver still didn’t move. Wtf.

    • @longhairlegend3126
      @longhairlegend3126 Před 4 lety +8

      True dat

    • @celticsprods
      @celticsprods Před 4 lety +5

      Plunger Boi Productions what about the other 5%?

    • @snowlover1037
      @snowlover1037 Před 4 lety +1

      No, it's the traffics lights fault

  • @capitalcorruption7398
    @capitalcorruption7398 Před 5 lety +3419

    The bus driver was the main cause since SOMEHOW she couldn't hear what the hell was going on when kids were screaming "GO!"...

    • @caboose.20
      @caboose.20 Před 5 lety +172

      Another passenger in the front seat stated in the official report that he too didn't realise the train was going to hit until it was right on top of them.

    • @N30m3g4
      @N30m3g4 Před 5 lety +54

      Not to mention THE TRAIN IS COMING!

    • @yuniktatat
      @yuniktatat Před 5 lety +14

      She's 54.

    • @ramairgto72
      @ramairgto72 Před 5 lety +126

      Yes, if I heard kids screaming "GO" "TRAIN" "GET OFF THE TRACKS" "IT'S GOING TO HIT US" and everyone running to the front of the bus, ..................................................................... well crap I would have to start with things like "Rabid Weasels" , "shark", "ice cream truck" "UFO" "gay Rights"... and that dam train horn would be messing with my concentration...
      EDIT: 1 or more of you are morons, I thought I would say that i'm not being serious.

    • @Elite459
      @Elite459 Před 5 lety +4

      Yeah I guess so

  • @Zulimi2
    @Zulimi2 Před rokem +3

    I had a fellow bus driver once get talked to for running a red light. They simply said "Safety First, it turned red without warning and I am not leaving my bus on a train track."

  • @chriswilliams2652
    @chriswilliams2652 Před 2 lety +11

    I was a junior in Highschool when this happened. Such a tragedy.

  • @NGMonocrom
    @NGMonocrom Před 3 lety +8369

    So she didn't even spend one day in jail for her blatant Negligence. That's just disgusting.

    • @Nothingtoya
      @Nothingtoya Před 2 lety +599

      Nope and she got to keep her job....

    • @NameName-yj7lp
      @NameName-yj7lp Před 2 lety +705

      no way she didn’t see the train NO
      FUCKING
      WAY

    • @melodysmusicaladventures596
      @melodysmusicaladventures596 Před 2 lety +139

      That’s despicable

    • @Markustajahoyrylaiva
      @Markustajahoyrylaiva Před 2 lety +64

      would it help anyone?

    • @cooltina789
      @cooltina789 Před 2 lety +232

      There was so many different circumstances and they did investigate it but due to all the circumstances that played into this specific scenario, there's just not enough evidence to build up for that case. She didn't have the proper skills for the position she was forced to be in and the train is known for doing what it does. This incident will save many lives now going forward from it and onward due to the change in bus routes and hopefully the change in how they stop at railroad lights. However, I absolutely agree, it's horrible and so much could've been avoided

  • @lilysonthemoon
    @lilysonthemoon Před 4 lety +1092

    She wasn’t arrested for child endangerment? Really?
    When the light turns green that means floor it.

    • @union_4014
      @union_4014 Před 4 lety +24

      bruh

    • @jd_kreeper2799
      @jd_kreeper2799 Před 3 lety +168

      Never stop on railroad tracks.

    • @devvydoesstuff
      @devvydoesstuff Před 3 lety +61

      @Skool Skits lol wdym the train car bodies extended 3 feet into the sides not the wheels

    • @michaellovely6601
      @michaellovely6601 Před 3 lety +104

      I'm surprised that the driver of the bus in the Fox River Grove tragedy wasn't tried for seven counts of Accidental Homicide. Even though she had no intention of killing the students; they still died and the blood of the students killed in the disaster is on her hands.

    • @pegs1659
      @pegs1659 Před 3 lety +32

      @@michaellovely6601 Yeah and we have the black semi truck driver who was not impaired in any was hit a school bus and didn't kill anyone, he did injure a few kids, and got 20 years in prison.

  • @ns6438
    @ns6438 Před 2 lety +15

    It's so weird to see all these places that I grew up by in a documentary, granted a smaller one, but still. We have a tribute to those seven kids in front of the High School that I went to (Cary-Grove High School).

  • @desertdweller4951
    @desertdweller4951 Před 2 lety +4

    No matter what excuses you find the simple fact that the dust driver did not move is disgusting.
    The possible collision by vehicles would always be better then a freaking train.
    PERIOD!

    • @teresar6348
      @teresar6348 Před 2 lety +2

      And she kept her job after all that!

  • @analytics_1514
    @analytics_1514 Před 2 lety +1238

    Saw a PSA announcement. It went like
    “A train will stop. Only a mile after hitting you.”

    • @bigsmilie07
      @bigsmilie07 Před 2 lety +10

      Seen that smh

    • @inainterstate6884
      @inainterstate6884 Před 2 lety +4

      CSX has a tag line "when its you against the train, the train always wins"

    • @_XENONZZ
      @_XENONZZ Před 7 měsíci

      more like CRUSHING you (look at how damged the bus looks 0-o but thats for some reason funny to me XD)

  • @FWtravels
    @FWtravels Před 4 lety +2685

    Everyone: “GO, GO, GO!”
    Bus Driver: “I don’t understand “

    • @scallink
      @scallink Před 3 lety +133

      Was Siri driving that bus?

    • @vivians9392
      @vivians9392 Před 3 lety +74

      I think at age 54, that menopause had set in for her, and she just couldn't react under stress! Period. However, she could certainly LIE..."`There was a car in front of me!"....

    • @indoserica4714
      @indoserica4714 Před 3 lety +10

      kids thers a train we need to go bus driver no kids go go go bus driver i don understan what you guys kids train is gotta kill us bus driver where kids look bus driver holly shit train driver ged out the way Train crash now in haven kids you are idiot bus driver idiot

    • @innocent4103
      @innocent4103 Před 3 lety +9

      @@scallink lol siri

    • @my12spoonswithrose43
      @my12spoonswithrose43 Před 3 lety +31

      @@vivians9392 what does that have to do with anything

  • @alishahaupt3584
    @alishahaupt3584 Před 2 lety +12

    I live right near here and remember when this happened and my mom talking about it. This is so tragic. I was actually just at this crossing a short time ago for my grandpa's funeral and we discussed this horrific incident....it hits so much more when you see the real footage and hear the reasons why this unfortunately happened. Good jobs this video and all the details on this

  • @syedowais1607
    @syedowais1607 Před 2 lety +3

    That train disaster in fox river grove in 1995 sounded really scary and really disturbing!

  • @Trainfan1055Janathan
    @Trainfan1055Janathan Před 5 lety +4241

    I used to be a school bus driver and they used this and other incidents to teach us railroad crossing safety.

    • @ashevilletrainman6989
      @ashevilletrainman6989 Před 5 lety +6

      Trainfan1055 x to doubt

    • @Metal9040
      @Metal9040 Před 5 lety +39

      Asheville Trainman He was he made a video on it

    • @jakewhite9253
      @jakewhite9253 Před 5 lety +49

      Y is ur profile pic a train

    • @LakeHatchineha
      @LakeHatchineha Před 5 lety +71

      It's sad that even with these train safety videos, people ignore them, and sometimes it can turn for the worst.

    • @megumin2562
      @megumin2562 Před 5 lety +1

      That's kinda....morbid.

  • @3Authoress
    @3Authoress Před 4 lety +2877

    That poor engineer. I can only imagine the pain he went through just before the crash when he realized he couldn't stop in time, after the accident hearing the number of dead and injured, and during the hearing as he relived the tragedy. I hope he knows it wasn't his fault and that it likely would have been so much worse if he hadn't done all that he had by managing to slow the train down as much as he did. Bless his heart.

    • @weeney56
      @weeney56 Před 4 lety +195

      Oh yea He would feel so bad. But I hope he knows it wasn’t his fault

    • @lordarkay272
      @lordarkay272 Před 4 lety +157

      He'll never be the same again but I hope he understands trains can't stop on a dime that bus driver should've moved been more aware when you cross a train track you watch your ass front and if you have big ass bus you gotta remember that

    • @aidynsbestyoutubemoments
      @aidynsbestyoutubemoments Před 4 lety +6

      Ikr

    • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
      @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren  Před 4 lety +332

      I agree. That'd be my worst nightmare if I was an engineer. I'd rather collide with a freight train head on than hit a school bus full of children doing 40mph with no way to stop in time.

    • @aidynsbestyoutubemoments
      @aidynsbestyoutubemoments Před 4 lety +17

      Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions I agree

  • @drbob3
    @drbob3 Před 2 lety +2

    The day after this horrible accident, a similar intersection in my town in New York State was reconfigured. The traffic lights were moved to other side of the tracks so that traffic would have to stop before the tracks when the light turns red.

  • @cherriou3337
    @cherriou3337 Před 2 lety +2

    my school counselor's son was one of the teenage boys who died in that crash. She moved from home after he died to a town a little more south and comes in to the driver's ed class every semester to share his story.

    • @808cntrl
      @808cntrl Před 2 lety +1

      I don't mean to be rude, but which of the students was it?

  • @justchilin4277
    @justchilin4277 Před 3 lety +4686

    John's neck snapped and he choked on his own blood he was my moms friend but good thing my mom is alive this day!

    • @davdid691
      @davdid691 Před 3 lety +813

      what a uplifting and nice ending, the emotional whiplash was impeccable

    • @BKayProxie12345
      @BKayProxie12345 Před 3 lety +317

      It's the best to know that there was survivers I bet your mother is a strong woman

    • @earthbarnes6694
      @earthbarnes6694 Před 3 lety +174

      I know that Conductor was devastated

    • @earthbarnes6694
      @earthbarnes6694 Před 3 lety +187

      I imagine the bus driver and train conductor lives were changed forever i hope they had support groups and therapy to get through...

    • @ceruleanc505
      @ceruleanc505 Před 3 lety +7

      @@davdid691 🤣

  • @Hunter12396
    @Hunter12396 Před 5 lety +1587

    >Drive bus over train tracks and immediately stop
    >Hear the ding ding start and the lights start flashing
    >Hear the gate arm thump the top of the bus
    >Hear the train horn
    >Hear kids start screaming to move the bus and see them trying to get out
    >"this is fine"

    • @randymarshprofessionalfarm5818
      @randymarshprofessionalfarm5818 Před 5 lety +37

      Problem no way im a safety supervisor red means stop

    • @looeychewy
      @looeychewy Před 5 lety +23

      Hunter12396 cOnfuSed?! WhY stUdenTs are sCreamiNg?!!

    • @TheShadow_2023
      @TheShadow_2023 Před 5 lety +12

      Hunter12396 suicidal safety supervisor

    • @idaho6533
      @idaho6533 Před 5 lety +12

      (Chuckles) I'm in danger.

    • @samiam619
      @samiam619 Před 5 lety +7

      jake Red does NOT mean stop if you are on a RR crossing.

  • @melancholybobbyjoe
    @melancholybobbyjoe Před 2 lety +3

    My dad accidentally killed our car on a train track right as a train was coming, we were yelling at him to get it going and it scared the heck out of him. It was stick and he almost flubbed it since he was panicking. Thankfully in the end he got it going and we got off.

  • @glorygloryholeallelujah
    @glorygloryholeallelujah Před 2 lety +6

    Did anyone ever talk to the original bus driver that didn’t show up to work? Even though he wasn’t directly responsible for the accident AT ALL…that kind of *”what if?”* would haunt me until the day I died.

    • @Gratia69
      @Gratia69 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah they interviewed him, he said "oops"

  • @confettiveda2460
    @confettiveda2460 Před 2 lety +3920

    "Was it solely the driver's fault?"
    Yes. When the bar hits the bus and everyone starts screaming in fear, yes.

    • @hillarygonzalez4266
      @hillarygonzalez4266 Před 2 lety +130

      No, poorly designed intersection combined with a bad bus driver and unintelligible screaming is what caused the situation.

    • @eis6570
      @eis6570 Před 2 lety +53

      @Apple E no, hilary was also pointing out the badly designed intersection, so yeah, they also have a point.

    • @potato1341
      @potato1341 Před 2 lety +175

      @@eis6570 it was badly designed but when people are screaming "GO" cause you're about to be hit by a train, she should've gone. Unless the school bus itself broke down, hearing "Go there's a train coming" is MORE than enough of a sign that she needed to move.

    • @eis6570
      @eis6570 Před 2 lety +6

      @@potato1341 also true

    • @SonOfYoutubers
      @SonOfYoutubers Před 2 lety +22

      @@potato1341 Yeah but even 3 people screaming something at once is unintelligible, still definitely the driver's fault, but also terrible design.

  • @Henry-mt1tq
    @Henry-mt1tq Před 5 lety +1572

    "But the bus driver didn't understand the screaming and was confused!"
    My God. I hope my ignorance and stupidity never ends up causing a completely unnecessary tragedy like this. Simply because one FOOL couldn't us her brain 7 children died.

    • @billdougan4022
      @billdougan4022 Před 5 lety +95

      She's a safety supervisor and didn't want to be fired for breaking a safety rule. So... Seven kids died.

    • @billdougan4022
      @billdougan4022 Před 5 lety +46

      She retires with a pension at the cost of 7 lives. If she ran the red light, she would have been fired = No pension.

    • @RagavJanardhan
      @RagavJanardhan Před 5 lety +64

      @@billdougan4022 would you rather be fired or kill 7 kids? 1st choice is most peoples answer. She should be fired anyway, seeing that she is a safety supervisor and she did not preform the right steps at a crossing. Stop the bus just before the tracks open the door and check both ways. Then proceed to cross

    • @university-666
      @university-666 Před 5 lety +37

      @JUAN VIEYRA What would I do? The same thing I always do around railroad tracks....... not fucking stop on them.

    • @395203502
      @395203502 Před 5 lety +18

      @@billdougan4022 She didn't even need to run the light! Theres huge patches of grass either side of the road, she could have just veered off. She would have cut off the other lane a little bit but better than the train tracks.

  • @daisyboo5652
    @daisyboo5652 Před 2 lety +2

    when my bus (used to) stop at the tracks the bus monitor would hush us quickly and the driver would open doors and listen and see. i’m grateful for him

  • @rosannemassman4560
    @rosannemassman4560 Před rokem +1

    I live here, and did at that time. I pass the "7 Angels Crossing" almost everyday of my life. My children had friends on that bus. The bus was 38' long. The Metra train overhangs the tracks by a few feet on either side. The train hit doing approx 45 mph. Traffic on Rt 14 were stopped bumper to bumper in front of the bus, so she (bus driver) really would've had to drive into 4 lanes of cross traffic to clear the tracks. Mistakes were made by several. The intersection was revamped to accommodate a longer green light after the gates go down. Still praying for the families that lost their children on that horrific day. 🙏💕

  • @kerrybyard5408
    @kerrybyard5408 Před 5 lety +824

    no matter what, you never stop on train tracks

  • @jasonf2024
    @jasonf2024 Před 5 lety +1368

    The driver should have gotten charged, could easily have been negligent manslaughter, was entirely her fault. She completely ignored the gate sirens and lights for 20 seconds, the gate hitting the bus (guess she doesn't use her mirrors), the train blowing its horn, the light actually turning green and the kids yelling at her to move, unbelievable.

    • @Metalmanparts
      @Metalmanparts Před 5 lety +166

      There were contributing factors, but it's the drivers fault. You don't stop any vehicle on the train tracks, especially a bus full of people. Check the drawing at 7:43 her choice was block the train tracks or block the cross walk and she blocked the train tracks.

    • @TeslaChan
      @TeslaChan Před 5 lety +148

      it was her fault. She didn't listen to the kids telling her the train was coming. Don't try to sympathize with her. She should've moved forward or backward. She had 20 seconds to move. That's enough time to move forward or back.

    • @averygrier8993
      @averygrier8993 Před 5 lety +1

      @ike fun *Its the timing so I couldn't see*

    • @sideswipebl
      @sideswipebl Před 5 lety +36

      No, Jason is right. Since everyone was yelling the same thing (“GO!!”) Patricia should’ve been able to hear them. The light was green and a train’s horn right next to you would be impossible to ignore. She probably thought the kids were talking about a person in the bus who needed to “go,” and only realized it once it was too late.

    • @ramrodnj
      @ramrodnj Před 5 lety +41

      ike fun multiple factors to me this was 1% new buss 1% new route 98% oblivious moron that on top of all the visual and auditory warnings she couldn’t figure out when the entire buss full of children were screaming bloody murder and literally trying to get off didn’t tip her off

  • @mamarockme8916
    @mamarockme8916 Před rokem +2

    “Departing Crystal Lake”
    The day was doomed from the start.

  • @Johndpro
    @Johndpro Před rokem +3

    Today is the 27th year of the accident and this is literally the worst thing that can happen during a bus ride to wherever! All respect to the students(the 7 students who lost their lives and surviving students) bus driver, train driver/anyone onboard the train, and surviving families of the accident!😢 truly a tragic day at Fox River Grove, Illinois

  • @tatum5747
    @tatum5747 Před 4 lety +813

    These kids were expecting a totally normal day. This puts it into a chilling perspective how any day can be your last day.

    • @Starito-dorito
      @Starito-dorito Před 3 lety +2

      I totally agree

    • @louplays9544
      @louplays9544 Před 3 lety +31

      There was this girl I knew that passed away at the age of 15 because her boyfriend was driving around 115 or 120 mph in a 65 mph zone and lost control of the vehicle because of the speed. Despite the fact they both had their seatbelts on, the reason why it didn’t save the girls life was because she was ejected from the car. The car going downhill and spun sideways which caused the car to split in half. The driver was lucky to be alive.

    • @kawaiiunii1719
      @kawaiiunii1719 Před 3 lety +9

      @@louplays9544 oh my god! im so sorry for her D: fly high

    • @2735angel
      @2735angel Před 3 lety

      Bro u tryna sound so wise

    • @stephaniebeaton
      @stephaniebeaton Před 3 lety +12

      So true, my ex (wasn't dating at the time of his death) died in his sleep and was only 18, just got back from a party that night and died of an aneurysm. Nobody knew it was gonna be his last day

  • @matthewwallace2787
    @matthewwallace2787 Před 4 lety +765

    "There's a train coming!"
    "We're on the tracks!"
    *excessively loud train horn*
    *screeching of train breaks*
    "Move forward!"
    * Is still confused on the scenario, and decides to do nothing *

    • @mk6315
      @mk6315 Před 4 lety +39

      Matthew Wallace she didn’t even lose her job. Bet she could start a gofundme about this shit now

    • @henryhill3778
      @henryhill3778 Před 4 lety +14

      That's way she was supervisor and made sure she got that retirement !

    • @kellyhyland8504
      @kellyhyland8504 Před 3 lety +16

      The kids: GOOOOOOOOO THERES A TRAIN GONNA KILL US!
      the bus driver: no, I don’t care, all I want is money.

    • @arihernandez2680
      @arihernandez2680 Před 3 lety +12

      Justice needs to be served, wonder if this case can reopen with testimonies from the students. This is a horrible fate to the kids

    • @nathancorcoran5347
      @nathancorcoran5347 Před 3 lety +2

      @@kellyhyland8504 Train: You need to move I don’t want to kill them.

  • @uhlijohn
    @uhlijohn Před 3 dny +1

    I am a retired engineer (former CNW) and I still remember that accident. I also remember seeing a forlorn Wisconsin Div. engineer, Ford Dotson, who I did not know personally but saw often at Proviso Yard or at M19-A (the servicing diesel ramp for commuter locomotives) testifying before some board of inquiry and you could just feel the anguish Dotson experienced when he realized what was about to happen but was helpless to stop his train in time that was moving so fast. RR crossings are dangerous folks....do not ever cross when the bells are ringing or gates are down. Like the old saw goes, "It's the one you don't see that usually hits you."

    • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
      @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren  Před dnem +1

      Oh yeah as I said in the video he was literally in tears on the podium recalling his inability to stop. A school bus full of kids in your path is the worst nightmare of almost any crew... I seriously hope he's doing ok wherever he is now. I can't imagine going through what he did.

  • @cfd514
    @cfd514 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I grew up in this town hearing this story, and passing through this intersection practically every day. We have a tribute outside of our high school dedicated to the children that passed. It's so tragic, and there have been so many train accidents since. Please be alert around trains no matter the situation.

    • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
      @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren  Před 2 měsíci +1

      It scares me how oblivious people are around trains. I've seen numerous moron drivers nearly hit by trains be it either by car or bus and the "quiet zone" crossings just to please rich crybabies are increasing the yearly death toll.

    • @quinnschepers9150
      @quinnschepers9150 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren if you need any proof, on June 27, 2022, here in Missouri, a dump truck driver proceeded through a railroad crossing without stopping, causing a collision in Mendon. The collision caused 4 fatalities, including to the dump truck driver. This is why I am cautious around all railroad crossings. I actually drove through Mendon just 16 days before that, crossing over a bridge on state highway 11 that goes above the railroad tracks, allowing for cars to pass above trains. The intersection where the collision took place was located on County road 113.

    • @cfd514
      @cfd514 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren no literally it's insane. Just recently, one of my sister's friends passed away in January when she was hit by a train while walking to school. It was foggy and she didn't see the second train coming from the opposite side. And I know people around my age who have lost limbs because of similar accidents. Part of it comes from living in an area with so many train crossings, but there needs to be a bigger emphasis on safety awareness around trains and just better safety measures in place to begin with. The quiet zones are absolutely insane to me. People are so selfish to prioritize comfort over the safety of others.

  • @chopperchopperchopperchopp4897

    I would rather hit a car than hit a train but maybe that’s just me 🤷‍♂️

    • @youknowimright1725
      @youknowimright1725 Před 2 lety +86

      Bitch no, thats common sense, you right, I would've done the same, ANYONE whit COMMON SENSE would've moved the fuck outta there

    • @orbeezeater
      @orbeezeater Před 2 lety +53

      It’s not just you. And good job, that’s how you know your IQ is higher than 5. Because a part of our survival instinct is weighing two bad options and seeing which one will leave us less fucked. A car couldn’t do any severe damage to a bus, but trains demolish almost anything reasonable that’s in front of them. And she chose THE TRAIN??

    • @ayoubnn1811
      @ayoubnn1811 Před 2 lety +24

      @@orbeezeater and there wasnt even a car, there was only 1 bad option and that 3as to not move

    • @KeybladeMaster64
      @KeybladeMaster64 Před 2 lety +3

      Chopper

    • @arbysregionalmanager7032
      @arbysregionalmanager7032 Před 2 lety +5

      You wouldn't notice being hit by a train, you'll just become a red mist. Just watch a video of a deer being hit by one.

  • @hackerman1752
    @hackerman1752 Před 3 lety +1330

    Kid who pretended that he had fever to stay home:
    God is with me?

    • @ijnmikasa7604
      @ijnmikasa7604 Před 2 lety +29

      *Lucky*

    • @savinggrace9844
      @savinggrace9844 Před 2 lety +28

      He always is 🙏🏾

    • @aspieangel1988
      @aspieangel1988 Před 2 lety +63

      That happened when I was in high school. I suffered from psychosomatic illness my senior year and often faked being sick due to being bullied at school and I was out for two weeks due to this. During those two weeks there was a shooting on my school bus and I wasn’t there and my brother was actually sick that day and thankfully nobody was killed or injured because the driver managed to call the police but i thank God everyday I wasn’t there.

    • @tomjohnson4253
      @tomjohnson4253 Před 2 lety

      Wow

    • @JavaCake
      @JavaCake Před 2 lety +3

      This is horrible but,
      I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME TODAY

  • @GarrettHaire
    @GarrettHaire Před rokem +3

    10:47 “It was a final warning…that never came through” Damn, there’s something about that line that makes it so chilling and heartbreaking.

  • @davebrittain9216
    @davebrittain9216 Před 2 lety +2

    It may be 23 years but in the minds of many it was yesterday. Very sad.

  • @burtainsley6430
    @burtainsley6430 Před 5 lety +2437

    I blame the bus driver

    • @igysixx8487
      @igysixx8487 Před 5 lety +150

      Bottom line: there simply wasn't enough room to cross the tracks and get safely clear so she should have not crossed them. I remember screaming this at the TV news reports back in 1995 when officials were saying then the bus driver was not at fault! I hate to say this publicly as the driver is still out there and may hear this, and I don't want to add insult to injury, I am certain she has had plenty of nightmares about this, and probably will the rest of her life. I hope she eventually finds peace. ;

    • @Ilikebakconn2
      @Ilikebakconn2 Před 5 lety +9

      burt Ainsley me too

    • @slimo3600
      @slimo3600 Před 5 lety +81

      Igy Sixx I hope she doesn’t how can you be that dumb? The kids were screaming at her and she still didn’t notice how can someone be that fucking stupid

    • @MacMashPotato
      @MacMashPotato Před 5 lety +49

      I blame the designers of the traffic stop and intersection, yea the buss driver is not excused, this could of been prevented with a more well designed signal as its only a matter of time before some driver makes a mistake like this. They could of removed more of the possibility of human error by making 1 or 2 simple changes that would of costed nothing.

    • @moonlightxo5512
      @moonlightxo5512 Před 5 lety +35

      The kids were yelling, and so she couldn't have heard the train horn.

  • @notbismarck4181
    @notbismarck4181 Před 5 lety +698

    Which is more important? 7 lives or a $500 dollar traffic ticket

    • @OrigenalDarkMew
      @OrigenalDarkMew Před 5 lety +9

      the traffic ticket... is not.

    • @Autumnettey
      @Autumnettey Před 5 lety +62

      You don't understand though. She was confused because she was looking back at the kids to see why they were screaming and it was the poor setup of the light and stuff. I mean, who the duck puts a light over a fucking train track?

    • @ellasworld4214
      @ellasworld4214 Před 5 lety +4

      Autumn Marie ikr

    • @ellasworld4214
      @ellasworld4214 Před 5 lety +3

      Well she could have ran over pedestrian or cars while running the red light so it’s not that easy

    • @chrisarjona4885
      @chrisarjona4885 Před 5 lety +26

      She probably would not have gotten the ticket because you tend to have to explain to an officer about the reason why you ran a light. Most officers would understand the situation.

  • @daveroche6522
    @daveroche6522 Před 2 lety +5

    None of us were there, none of us witnessed it, none of us know how we'll react in an emergency unless/until it happens. Also, anyone remember a certain (legal) principal called "innocent until PROVEN guilty"?

  • @isthatyoujaunwayne4183
    @isthatyoujaunwayne4183 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow thanks for doing a video about this my I was in school a few towns over, some fill in McHenry county bus drivers have no experience I felt like. Still so sad driving past the memorial

  • @beeninthisfandomlongerthan9500

    This tragedy really is so awful. Really gets under my skin with how avoidable it was. Like what was the bus driver thinking... I know the kids on that bus had to be screaming their heads off! 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @andyknightwarden9746
      @andyknightwarden9746 Před 3 lety +161

      Bus driver: One at a time, I can't hear all of you at once. *Bang*

    • @wiskersharper8646
      @wiskersharper8646 Před 3 lety +21

      It was a accident so cut some slack

    • @ussarng4649
      @ussarng4649 Před 3 lety +47

      All the clowns playing the continues loop of students screaming and driver not figuring what they were screaming about so obviously have never had to try to figure out anything under those circumstances.

    • @starblack9374
      @starblack9374 Před 3 lety +118

      @@wiskersharper8646 She could have easily moved tf

    • @thenickstrikebetter
      @thenickstrikebetter Před 3 lety +89

      The kids were unanimously saying to move because of train and then the driver was like: "nah im confused at english" and then a bunch of innocent kids died. 270% their fault.

  • @craigr.h.laurent240
    @craigr.h.laurent240 Před 5 lety +494

    That bus driver was a SAFETY SUPERVISOR and she clearly violated every safety precaution she'd learned and that she had taught others. That driver left part of her bus across the track. As a result, seven students died, and the surviving students were affected for the rest of their lives. I lived in Palatine at the time and I knew that crossing well. The newspaper articles at that time tried to place the blame on the train. There were numerous factors involved including Fox River Grove's traffic department failures. That bus driver should have been terminated, but she was allowed to work for another five years!

    • @worldclasstraveler3530
      @worldclasstraveler3530 Před 5 lety +13

      I agree, like, dont the school bus have mirrors??? I always check to make sure my tail is nowhere near the tracks!

    • @TheHandgunhero
      @TheHandgunhero Před 5 lety +21

      Alexandra Marberry
      If you can’t judge fucking distance, don’t drive a bus. She broke the law by NOT reacting in any way, shape, or form. You are permitted to overshoot intersections, or drive through them by the law, if it is the only way to safely stop. She was NOT safely stopped and would have physically heard the train horn, the boomgate striking the car, the screaming and warning from the kids and the crossing sirens... AND EVEN THEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN BEFORE THE COLLISION AND SHE DIDN’T REACT.

    • @MrThegreatest97
      @MrThegreatest97 Před 5 lety

      Is it White Privilege ?

    • @darioguerrero2580
      @darioguerrero2580 Před 4 lety +15

      If it were up to me, I would’ve fired that damn bus driver for negligence and man slaughter from the train instead of letting her continuing work

    • @diannalarson4626
      @diannalarson4626 Před 4 lety +18

      @@alexandramarberry1023 As a bus driver, and especially a Safety Manager, she should have known the length of the bus, and the clearance she would have had. We are trained to know the length of the bus. I have gone through that crossing myself in a big yellow school bus a few times. It is one of the scariest crossings I have ever had to go through.
      If in doubt, do NOT proceed is what I have always taught when training new drivers.
      There were many factors to this particular incident, so the driver may not wholly to blame. But a majority of the blame does rest with her because she didn't pay attention to the length of the bus and the clearance that she had.
      She also didn't stay focused enough to keep a watch on her mirrors, and let the students' yelling distract her. That alone is a recipe for disaster.

  • @rubberrandom4077
    @rubberrandom4077 Před 2 lety +3

    Everyone: Go go go! There’s a train! Bus driver: *Confused*

  • @ymmmmmmm7383
    @ymmmmmmm7383 Před 2 lety +3

    either those kids could've escaped from that back door and I'm sure there are other safety doors even a roof or the door or the driver could've ran the red light. like it was so preventable

    • @baaldiablo8459
      @baaldiablo8459 Před 2 lety +4

      They should train children (mind the pun) who have to take public transportation on the emergency safety protocols...
      There is a safety release latch on every other window.

    • @_XENONZZ
      @_XENONZZ Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@baaldiablo8459 (im going to pun-ish you for the pun >:( also yea there is, im still in shcool, and now im going to have nightmares :D /hj im probably not going to but still

  • @youraveragedemomain4241
    @youraveragedemomain4241 Před 5 lety +926

    Gate arm: slaps back of bus
    “This bad boy can fit so much fear in it”

    • @RNG_Lemon
      @RNG_Lemon Před 4 lety +5

      this deserves more likes

    • @rebekahlps6842
      @rebekahlps6842 Před 4 lety +4

      i made this 69 likes

    • @maggielong8779
      @maggielong8779 Před 4 lety +1

      😭

    • @earthgreatspirt6633
      @earthgreatspirt6633 Před 4 lety +2

      BikerGuy99 lol that slap tho

    • @jamieohjamie
      @jamieohjamie Před 4 lety +7

      The way this guy narrates that part is hilarious. "SLAP THE REAR END!" "A commuter train with no way to stop AS IT HEADS TOWARD YOU!" "Sounds like quite the nightmare, huh?"

  • @vlad-igor
    @vlad-igor Před 3 lety +3079

    I know this is crazy but kids always listen to your gut, in any situation when your mind tells you, get out of this place, leave this area, you go. Don't stay or listen to any authority figure because you know you don't feel safe, I actually was shocked to find out the kids didn't actually at least run to the front of the bus, they all sat at their places.

    • @lightnightsky
      @lightnightsky Před 2 lety +403

      This reminds me of the tragedy that occurred with that South Korean Ferry where there's literally videos of students joking 'isn't this where people die when they decide to listen to authority instead of rebelling?' while it was sinking and because they listened to authority, they died :(

    • @DubbViews
      @DubbViews Před 2 lety +160

      Finally the comment I was looking for! I totally agree I wouldve ran to the front of the bus or the rear exit. There is just no way the driver couldnt hear those kids I mean I bet at one point the whole bus load was telling her TRAIN GOO

    • @kaleycooper9111
      @kaleycooper9111 Před 2 lety +76

      I would’ve ran to the front and shoved myself into a seat. How could the seniors just sit there while watching the train about to crash into them?

    • @legendarybubbles4567
      @legendarybubbles4567 Před 2 lety +203

      @@kaleycooper9111 Apparently some of the seniors at the back WERE pushing kids forward trying to save them. Even though it resulted in their own death.

    • @unbiasedcritic3075
      @unbiasedcritic3075 Před 2 lety +46

      I agree , anytime I get that bad gut feeling I always trust it and leave . Can’t tell you how many times it’s gotten me out of situations that went very wrong

  • @subhub637
    @subhub637 Před 2 lety +6

    I live on a huge HUGE college campus. There’s a train just like that. I do not understand how she did not hear it.

    • @elizabethblane201
      @elizabethblane201 Před 2 lety

      It is possible that they were all yelling at once, but not in unison, so she could not make out what they were yelling.

    • @subhub637
      @subhub637 Před 2 lety

      @@elizabethblane201 not their yelling. the train horn.

  • @MrWencke
    @MrWencke Před 2 lety +4

    I hear the train horn two miles from my home. That bus was probably shaking from him blasting it. This lady is 100% at fault.

  • @christineegan465
    @christineegan465 Před 2 lety +1678

    My stepdad was a railroad engineer and you'd be surprised how many times a year they'd be required to go to mandatory counseling following some committing suicide by train. At least three or four times a year.

    • @ssunii7891
      @ssunii7891 Před 2 lety +4

      They killer themselves from counseling? I may have read that wrong

    • @alexiabarnes5371
      @alexiabarnes5371 Před 2 lety +173

      @@ssunii7891 no the train drivers are required to do counselling from witnessing someone else committing suicide by train

    • @Viople
      @Viople Před 2 lety +84

      My grandfather was a train driver before he retired, he witnessed 2 suicides by train. To this day he's still traumatized by that ;-;

    • @mp00507
      @mp00507 Před 2 lety +31

      @R Carpe bruh what? seeing someone die let alone multiple people die is very traumatizing.

    • @minawashere8575
      @minawashere8575 Před 2 lety +43

      @R Carpe There's still trauma every time. Someone died because they jumped in front of something you were driving. Even though it isn't their fault, they will still feel like that.

  • @andysandy362
    @andysandy362 Před 5 lety +934

    This is completely the bus drivers fault tbh

    • @therockgurl2000
      @therockgurl2000 Před 5 lety +11

      It literally explains what the issue was. Lol smh

    • @anattempttomakecontent776
      @anattempttomakecontent776 Před 5 lety +8

      Perfect prof pic

    • @peepawfart
      @peepawfart Před 5 lety +33

      People act like she couldn't have moved the bus when kids were litteraly screaming at her about the train lol

    • @jakebraun6376
      @jakebraun6376 Před 5 lety +15

      @ZOE MASTERSON yea, it is her fault. If she had been focusing on the road, she would have realized the light was green, and she could go. Now kids have died because of her.

    • @jarondavidson3484
      @jarondavidson3484 Před 5 lety +1

      Ya definitely

  • @Magnum062
    @Magnum062 Před 2 lety +5

    Not murder or manslaughter; she simply seized among all the commotion. I'm sure most if not all of us have been in a situation like that. Her biggest mistake was failing to realize the position of the stopped bus. R.I.P to those whom lost their lives and hopefully all survivors and family were able to move on with their lives without any harmful lasting effects.

    • @courtnayhayhayyy
      @courtnayhayhayyy Před 2 lety

      See I agree... I know a girl who was yelling at a guy who was driving out of their school parking lot. She kept saying his name trying to get his attention. He looked and when he did he smashed into a iron mailbox. The guy got crushed and is living the rest of his life in a wheelchair paralyzed.. she didn't mean to, but everyone blamed her.

    • @rick15666
      @rick15666 Před 2 lety

      when it comes down to it yeah she just didn’t realize the bus was sticking out 3 full feet, plus, the Train is several feet wider than just the tracks. Still frustrating and tragic.

  • @KatlynJShute
    @KatlynJShute Před 2 lety +5

    I live in this area. One of my dear family friends was on this bus with his twin. They were both hurt very badly hurt one of them was even listed as black (dead) on scene but he was later found to be still alive and went on to live. He and his twin later became paramedics who both worked with my mom who was also a medic. They are two of the nicest people on earth and I can’t imagine what they went through.

    • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
      @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren  Před 2 lety

      Very incredible story! Thanks for sharing. Glad they are doing much better now

    • @KatlynJShute
      @KatlynJShute Před 2 lety

      @@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren thanks for the reply as well as making this video. Not a lot of people know about this story and I’m glad to see someone not just do the story but do it well. I know the video is older but I somehow just saw it in my recommended. Glad I found you. I will definitely be checking out your other videos.

    • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
      @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren  Před 2 lety

      @@KatlynJShute I'm still shocked this video has already pulled 4 million views! I've always done these videos to shed light on incidents in the past that are sometimes forgotten. Hope you enjoy the content!

    • @KatlynJShute
      @KatlynJShute Před 2 lety +1

      @@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren I am absolutely loving the content! I’m a major history, true crime, and major man made disaster (usually major industrial f*CO ups/accidents) and sometimes a splash of natural distasteful when the mood strikes me lol. So your entire playlist of over 50 videos was like finding a new show to binge on that has lots of seasons and episodes lol. You have done amazing work. It’s absolutely fantastic info. Sometimes having limited technical knowledge can make the disaster videos/documentaries is like trying to understand a completely different language. But your videos are broken down in such easy terms that I can actually understand what’s going on lol. It’s clear you do a lot of love and effort into the research, scripting, and editing of your videos. I’m no surprised that your video on the bus accident has so many views. Have you ever thought about branching out and maybe doing more in depth stories on witnesses, first responders, survivors of your stories? Or maybe even going back and doing follow up videos from your older videos that you did when you were first starting out? I have never done any type of content creation (although I have thought about it, I just have no idea what it would be about or where to even start lol) so I have no idea how that would be done but it’s just a thought. I know not everyone likes super in depth videos or even redos of the same topic you did once before but I absolutely love any super in depth multipart series on subjects I’m interested in. Not trying to tell you how to do your channel lol. Also sorry for the super long rambling comment I have ADHD as well as Level 1 Autism so I tend to hyper focus on weird stuff and just go head first and never shut up about it. At least until I find a new shiny object and my attention/hyper focus changes to that thing and the process then repeats itself lol.

    • @Gojira160
      @Gojira160 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@Thunderbolt_1000_SirenHow could such a nightmare with a METRA express train smashing into that school bus on an average October morning? And why?

  • @connormason7907
    @connormason7907 Před 5 lety +449

    This would've never happened if the driver just pulled up past the stop line and into the crosswalk

    • @shishkebab5624
      @shishkebab5624 Před 4 lety +3

      What a nonce

    • @Mrgrumpypants84
      @Mrgrumpypants84 Před 4 lety +3

      I dont think so, there isnt much room before you're going into route 14. If traffic is moving there isnt really anywhere to go. I lived right behind the station and am very familiar with the intersection

    • @chellesama8256
      @chellesama8256 Před 4 lety +5

      @@Mrgrumpypants84 Better a crash with a lower speed, lower mass car than a high mass, high momentum train going full speed.

    • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
      @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren  Před 4 lety +7

      I'd imagine there'd still be a tiny bit of overhang on both the intersection and the tracks though. large size buses are very hard to maneuver.

  • @SROWilkerson
    @SROWilkerson Před 4 lety +1283

    Train *blows horn*
    Bus driver: You kids quiet down back there

    • @patiencedavis3529
      @patiencedavis3529 Před 4 lety +14

      Where is your head bus driver smh

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 Před 4 lety +3

      Ron Swanson It's called a whistle

    • @Adumzzinthehouse
      @Adumzzinthehouse Před 4 lety +3

      Florjan Brudar that’s for steam trains, a horn is for cars, other trains, and ships.

    • @reddatyoshi3773
      @reddatyoshi3773 Před 4 lety +1

      Kids: but th-
      Driver: shut up!
      Driver: *looks to the side* oh fu-
      *kazooka*

    • @CamoCollie
      @CamoCollie Před 4 lety +2

      @@florjanbrudar692 Whistles are used on steam trains, diesel trains don't have any steam to blow the whistle so they use air horns instead.

  • @damiangiese3192
    @damiangiese3192 Před 2 lety +8

    That woman should’ve gotten the death penalty for killing those children! Young lives of future doctors, lawyers, engineers, hard workers, gone. All because some woman couldn’t comprehend common sense of a BAR SLAMMING ON THE BACK OF THE BUS AND CHILDREN SCREAMING FOR THEIR LIVES GO! GO! GO!

    • @TruthOverFeelings745
      @TruthOverFeelings745 Před 2 lety

      A very unfortunate situation, but the death penalty is a bit harsh. Also, the likelihood of just one of those students becoming a doctor, lawyer, or engineer is very slim. It’s reality, come back to it.

    • @damiangiese3192
      @damiangiese3192 Před 2 lety

      @@TruthOverFeelings745 Death. Penalty. Seems like your name got inside your head.

    • @ian3580
      @ian3580 Před 2 lety

      @@damiangiese3192 A sentence of death where there was no intention of killing anyone is pretty harsh. As awful as it is, and as bad as her lapse of judgement, she didn't do it on purpose. Killer her also won't many anyone else safer. Yes, they were children.....this woman was also a child at one time.

    • @TheP725
      @TheP725 Před 27 dny

      ​@@TruthOverFeelings745No. It's very likely she deliberately ignored the children's pleas for help because she was a murderous psychopath. The Death Penalty is tame compared to what she deserves.

  • @youdreamproductions
    @youdreamproductions Před 2 lety +861

    “She was confused”
    WTF IS SO CONFUSING ABOUT A BUNCH OF KIDS SCREAMING “ there’s a train move!!!”

    • @hunterrussell9263
      @hunterrussell9263 Před 2 lety +56

      Well kids on a bus can be genuinely confusing when they’re all talking but I’m more caught up on the safety arm slapping the bus, the fucking train horn which is UNREASONABLY loud, the guy in the car behind them, and the fucking track signal. Idk. Absolute moron.

    • @jknMEMES
      @jknMEMES Před 2 lety +21

      She must have been an old ass semi blind lady, since she also retired 5 years later

    • @oshura2506
      @oshura2506 Před 2 lety +17

      About 30 kids all screaming things at the same time makes it impossible to make out what anyone is saying

    • @ticketyboo2456
      @ticketyboo2456 Před 2 lety +7

      @@jknMEMES no she didn't have that excuse, she was only 57

    • @Orangeflea1
      @Orangeflea1 Před 2 lety +2

      I don’t know what’s the matter with you people. This isn’t a moral failure, you all just think every time something bad happens it’s because the boomers are out to get you.

  • @sajnabegum8494
    @sajnabegum8494 Před 3 lety +1156

    guys, its been 25 years since this tragedy happened, we gotta pay respects.

    • @cheesestick9100
      @cheesestick9100 Před 3 lety +22

      @Junior Johnson for the students

    • @kasonsharber9831
      @kasonsharber9831 Před 3 lety +4

      Me pays respect
      Then proceeds to make jokes about it right after

    • @rp7326
      @rp7326 Před 3 lety +27

      The bus driver should pay for her crimes.

    • @lavalampdrinker
      @lavalampdrinker Před 3 lety +5

      alot of these school bus crash videos proves that it really doesn't take that much experience to become a bus driver

    • @100SubGoalByAugust23
      @100SubGoalByAugust23 Před 3 lety +3

      I do. Not trying to be mean.

  • @Brad772006
    @Brad772006 Před 2 lety +3

    Heartbreaking yet avoidable incident. RIP to those poor kids.

  • @delix787
    @delix787 Před 2 lety +7

    I can’t imagine the fear in their eyes!

    • @jacobh869
      @jacobh869 Před 2 lety +3

      Yea there little eyes must of been just bulgin out there faces ya reckin