BRYAN COUNTY, Okla. ― Emergency personnel in Bryan Co. responded to an accident involving a semi and a Rock Creek school bus that injured 7 people on U.S. Highway 70 East, 2 miles east of downtown Bokchito at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday.

Six students and the adult bus driver were on board when a semi ran into the the back of the school bus as it was coming to a stop in the east-bound lane of Highway 70.

O.H.P. says that the bus had not yet come to a complete stop when it was hit, however, the flashing red lights as well as the flip-out stop sign had already been activated.

Three students seated in the back of the bus were ejected upon impact. Two of those students were flown from the scene to Parkland Hospital in Dallas by medical helicopter. They are identified as 16-year-old Jennifer Russell and 16-year-old Chase Thompson.

As of 10 p.m. Tuesday night, Russell was listed in stable condition, but at that time, Thompson was in surgery suffering from head trauma.

The third ejected student was Chase Thompson’s brother, Briar. He was originally transported to the Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma hospital in Durant by ambulance, but was soon thereafter flown by helicopter to Children’s Hospital in Dallas. As of 10 p.m. Tuesday night he was listed in stable condition.

Also as of 10 p.m. Tuesday night, two of the other students were still under observation at M.C.S.O. after being transported there by ambulance.

The remaining student actually managed to walk to his house from the scene of the accident, and was driven to M.C.S.O. by his mother. He was treated and released shortly thereafter.

Brad McKnight is identified as the driver of the school bus, and according to the O.H.P. he was treated and released by M.C.S.O. as well. McKnight is also the head coach of the Rock Creek boys basketball team.

The driver of the 18-wheeler was not injured in the wreck, and was not transported from the scene.

O.H.P. says that the semi, including cargo, weighed approximately 70,000 lbs.

None of the students were in the process of exiting the bus when it was struck, since it had not yet come to a full stop.

GONZALES, Texas — Two people are in the hospital after a car accident and shooting outside city hall in the City of Gonzales. Witnesses tell us it all started as a fight between two feuding families.

Tuesday afternoon, two cars were involved in a car accident outside the city hall. Five people were injured when a fight broke out right after that crash. The fight escalated and witnesses say one man was shot, and another man was hit by a car. They were airlifted to University Hospital and are in critical condition.

News4 WOAI has learned 17-year-old Damien Navarro is one of those who is badly injured. Also injured in the fight was Navarro’s mother and two other men.

Police have 32 year-old Jaime Gloria in custody.
Witnesses tell News 4 WOAI police are searching for 18-year-old Danny Navarro. (Gonzales Police Department)

Witnesses tell us that police are searching for 18-year-old Danny Navarro. But Officers confirm they are searching for someone, but won’t confirm that they are looking for Navarro.

People living in Gonzales say the Gloria’s and Navarro’s have been fighting since November resulting in three different shootings including this one.

BRYAN COUNTY, Okla. ― Rock Creek Public School students were back in class Wednesday, and buses are running normally just over 24 hours after several students were injured in a school bus accident on U.S. Highway 70 East of Bokchito. First News reporter Rita Kotey looked at the laws regarding school buses stopped on busy roads.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Steve Nabors has been a police officer for many years, but he says nothing could have prepared him for Tuesday’s bus accident. Nabors says when a call comes in, and it’s a school bus that level of urgency really arises because they know there are children involved.

Many question why the bus was stopped on a major rural highway. We thought to find out what the state law says about stopped buses.

Oklahoma State Law says buses can stop anywhere, but drivers must look for warning lights and a stop sign on the bus. Motorists must stop a safe distance behind the bus.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s a city, street, or county road, or a state or a U.S. highway, but if a school bus is stopped with the lights activated, everybody is required to stop. It doesn’t matter where you are,” Nabors says.

But in Tuesday’s crash the students not only had to get off the bus on the highway, they also had to cross the road to get home.

“That’s why there is a law that allows them to stop, and they are allowed to stop. But it is everybody else’s responsibility to obey that stop,” says Nabors.

Nabors says it’s unlikely the law will change because it is a state and federal law, but he says the best way to keep children safe is for adults to follow the rules.

“There is no clear cut solution than for everybody to pay attention when they are around a school bus, especially at 3:15 to 3:20 in the afternoon. The school buses are well marked, uniformly marked and everybody in the state is uniformly in compliance with their laws on what is required by the public.”

Nabors says there is a fine of $100 to pass stopped school buses. In the case of the driver of the semi Tuesday, he has not been issued a citation or charged with any crime, but as OHP continues their investigation, they say if they issue a citation, it will be for driver inattention.

CORPUS CHRISTI - On the eve of the Southland Tournament, the Islander women are hoping leading rebounder Myeisha Myles will play.

Myles was driving to campus this morning when her car was rear-ended. Medical tests came out negative, but she’s being treated for pain and soreness. She met the team in Katy at around 5 p.m. and will be a game-time decision.

The Islanders were already shorthanded in the post and it showed in Saturday’s 78-61 loss to top seed UT-Arlington, who they’ll face again Wednesday night. However, the Isles have overcome the odds before. They became the first eight seed ever to knock off the one seed at last year’s tourney.

“We think about that also, because some teams, when it gets to that point, may get relaxed. That’s when the best comes out of us because we know it’s time that it’s either won, or done,” guard Shaye Montgomery said.

“I can guarantee you the UTA coach is going to bring that up to her players as well, so they’ll be ready for us. But like I said, you work all season to get to this point just to give yourself a chance to be in the tournament. Anything can happen,” Head Coach Robert Robinson said.

Source: chron.com

Five people, including three children, died Friday in a collision northwest of Lubbock.

Two women were injured in the wreck, which involved a sedan containing six people and a sport utility vehicle occupied by one person, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported.

Both drivers were taken to University Medical Center in critical condition, Department of Public Safety Cpl. John Gonzales said.

Authorities said a white 2003 Chevrolet Impala was traveling east on Farm-to-Market Road 2641 and the blue 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer was northbound on Milwaukee Avenue when the crash occurred around 4 p.m. They collided in the middle of an intersection and went off the road in a nearby field.

Gonzales identified the dead as Rita Gutierrez, 24; Fabian Sanchez, 8; Xavier Sanchez, 10; Isaac Gutierrez, 7; and Guadalupe Salinas, 31. Salinas and one of the boys were ejected from the Impala. The three young boys were not wearing seat belts, Gonzales said.

Josiefina Gutierrez, 30, the driver of the Impala, and Jean Green, 76, driver of the Trailblazer, were taken to UMC, the newspaper said.

Front and side air bags deployed in the Trailblazer.

Source: kten.com

Authorities say a Lahoma man who was injured in a two-vehicle accident in Garfield County last month has died.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 73-year-old Wray Laverne Miller died Monday at an Enid hospital. Troopers said Tuesday that Miller was hurt in a Feb. 5 crash at U.S. 412 and Oklahoma 132S.

The patrol says Miller’s pickup truck was about to cross U.S. 412 when it struck Carolyn Jo Medley’s car as her vehicle was headed west on the highway.

Medley was pinned in the wreckage for about 15 minutes and then treated for contusions at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid and released.

Troopers say Miller had head injuries and was admitted to the hospital in stable condition.

Both drivers were wearing seat belts.

A King Fisher Marine Service LP employee was killed today as he and crewmembers were moving a dredge in the Houston Ship Channel, a company spokesman said.

The King Fisher dredge, which works to deepen the ship channel, was being moved to a new job site when an accident with machinery aboard the dredge occurred, said Chris DeAlmeida, spokesman for the company.

“We are conducting an investigation,” DeAlmeida said.

Initial reports from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office indicated a crane aboard the dredge had struck the employee. But there is no crane aboard the dredge, according to company officials.

The accident occurred at about 11 a.m. near the San Jacinto Monument.

The crewman, whose name is being withheld until his family can be notified, died at the scene, officials said

DeAlmeida said the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration were notified about the accident.

Authorities have identified the second victim in a Saturday morning accident.

Bryan Moreno, 14, an eighth grader at Strickland Middle School, was the passenger in a Kia Sorento that rolled over after it was struck from behind by another vehicle.

The Kia’s driver, Jhon Bernal, 16, was also killed in the accident. He was a sophomore at Denton High School.

Denton police Sgt. James Brett said Saturday that Bernal was driving south in the right lane in the 3700 block of North Elm Street about 11:50 a.m. when he moved to get into the left-hand lane.

At the same time, the 17-year-old driver of a sedan behind the Kia moved to the left-hand lane and accelerated as if to pass Bernal, Brett said.

The sedan ran into the back of the SUV, causing it to roll and cross the median before landing on its wheels in the northbound lanes, Brett said.

The sedan ran off the road and into a field, coming to a stop against a utility pole, damaging an electrical transformer, he said.

Investigators’ interviews with the pilots of Continental Airlines Flight 1404 indicate the crew was aware of crosswinds during their Dec. 20 takeoff from Denver, but it is unclear if weather played a distinct role in forcing the 737 into a snowy airport ravine.

“Both pilots remarked that all appeared normal until the aircraft began to deviate from the runway centerline,” a National Transportation Safety Board update released on Wednesday said.

“The Captain noted that the airplane suddenly diverged to the left, and attempts to correct the deviation with the rudder were unsuccessful.”

Capt. David Butler told the NTSB team he briefly attempted to return the aircraft to the centerline by using the tiller to manipulate the steering of the nose gear, but was unable to keep the aircraft on the runway.

As the plane veered to the left and off the runway, a series of bumping and rattling sounds began, noises captured by the aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder.

The plane reached a maximum speed of 119 knots, and it was traveling at 89 knots when the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder stopped, the NTSB update said.

In addition to the two pilots in the cockpit, Butler and First Officer Chad Levang, there were two pilots riding as passengers.

Those two pilots told the NTSB they were not aware of any anomalies on the inbound flight and reported that all the aircraft’s systems had operated normally.

Interstate 35E near State School Road in Denton reopened this afternoon after a tanker truck overturned with a load of phosphoric acid, officials said.

The road was reopened shortly after 1 p.m., more than eight hours after a pickup lost control and struck the tanker on the southbound lanes of I-35E, Denton officials said.

The tanker, which carried a chemical that is used to remove rust from metal and can be caustic to skin, did not rupture and came to rest on its side on a concrete median.

“We’ve had everyone involved checked out, and everyone is OK,” Denton police spokesman Ryan Grelle said. “There were no leaks, so we don’t have a hazardous materials situation.”

All lanes of the highway near the accident scene were shut down this morning so crews could offload the phosphoric acid into another tanker. An entrance to the highway was shut down at Loop 288 southbound and at Corinth Parkway northbound.