School Bus Accidents Illinois

A morning rush-hour commuter train struck a school bus stopped on a suburban railway crossing Wednesday, killing five high school students and injuring 28 others. The violent impact of the 50-m.p.h. train wrenched the bus off its wheels, turning its crushed upper hulk 180 degrees before it came to rest next to the tracks. Inside, students who had clambered to the front of the bus to escape were tossed about like dolls. "You could see the terror in their eyes," said witness Coreen Bachinsky.

Clanging warning bells and the deep bellow of a train whistle pierced the early morning calm Sunday when federal investigators recreated last week's collision between a commuter train and a school bus. Seven teen-agers were killed and more than two dozen others were injured Wednesday when the train struck the rear of the school bus, tearing the yellow cabin from the chassis.

Clanging warning bells and the deep bellow of a train whistle pierced the early morning calm Sunday when federal investigators recreated last week's collision between a commuter train and a school bus. Seven teen-agers were killed and more than two dozen others were injured Wednesday when the train struck the rear of the school bus, tearing the yellow cabin from the chassis.

Two students injured when a commuter train slammed into their school bus died Thursday, pushing the death toll to seven, and questions were raised about the traffic light where the bus had been stopped. Moments before the impact Wednesday, the police chief and an engineer had arrived at the crossing to inspect the balky signal, authorities said.

Two students injured when a commuter train slammed into their school bus died Thursday, pushing the death toll to seven, and questions were raised about the traffic light where the bus had been stopped. Moments before the impact Wednesday, the police chief and an engineer had arrived at the crossing to inspect the balky signal, authorities said.

A morning rush-hour commuter train struck a school bus stopped on a suburban railway crossing Wednesday, killing five high school students and injuring 28 others. The violent impact of the 50-m.p.h. train wrenched the bus off its wheels, turning its crushed upper hulk 180 degrees before it came to rest next to the tracks. Inside, students who had clambered to the front of the bus to escape were tossed about like dolls. "You could see the terror in their eyes," said witness Coreen Bachinsky.