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24 May

Driver Using Electronic Device Crashes Into School Bus

Posted May 24, 2012 by Julia Carlisle in Vermont.

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HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
CASE#: 12HF01696
OFFICER: Eric Jollymore
CONTACT#: 295-9425

DATE/TIME: 05-23-12/1820
LOCATION (specific): Bugbee Street

VEHICLE #1 OPERATOR: Jake Hodgdon AGE: 18 SEAT BELT? Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: White River Jct., Vermont
DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE: 2003 Pontiac Vibe
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE: Totalled

VEHICLE #2 OPERATOR: Edwin Welch AGE: 56 SEAT BELT? Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: White River Jct., VT
DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE: 2002 International School Bus
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE: Minor rear end damage

INJURIES: Minor
HOSPITAL: No transport

WEATHER: Clear/warm
ROAD COND: Dry pavement

SUMMARY OF CRASH: Welch was operating an empty First Student school bus while travelling east on Bugbee Street. The bus was stopped awaiting to turn left to enter I91 North. Hodgdon was travelling east behind the bus.

Hodgdon was operating the vehicle while being electronically distracted and slammed into the rear of the bus at speed.

Members of the Hartford Fire Department advised that had Hodgdon not been wearing a seat belt, he probably would have been killed.

3 responses to this post.

  1. Steven Thomas's avatar

    Posted by Steven Thomas on May 24, 2012 at 15:53

    Gotta text this one to Deb, let’s see…hold steering wheel with knee, pull out phone, typing now…..[*#*#*#*CRASH*#*#*#]

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  2. A. E. Norton's avatar

    Posted by A. E. Norton on May 25, 2012 at 11:10

    Maybe the kid will get smart about driving while texting (or cell talking). Lucky he’ alive. It will take many years, but someday. . . someday there will be universal ( i.e., federal) laws against any kind of electronic doodling while driving. It took decades for us to get smart about cigarettes, and this, too, will take years. When some congressman’s daughter gets killed by a driver who was texting, maybe then, finally, there will be some serious attention paid to this idiotic and dangerous habit. About every third time I drive on route 4 to or from WLeb or Hanover I get behind a car that is weaving over the line. As often as not, the driver is on a cell phone.

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