Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The Case is Made (Once Again) for Keeping Teens from Driving Their Peers

Another sad story unfolded prior to the Labor Day weekend when a 17-year-old boy fell out of a vehicle driven by an 18-year-old friend and was run over by a school bus. It happened in Willis, Texas, near Houston Friday afternoon as the victim’s brother and a busload of students watched in horror.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said the school bus driver had no time to react when Alex Caballero fell out of a car driven by Jose Juan Sanchez and into the path of the bus. According to the DPS, Caballero had just missed his bus and was receiving a ride home from Sanchez when the incident occurred. Apparently, Sanchez had been in an altercation earlier in the day with another student, as he and Caballero left the Willis High School parking lot, the fight resumed. What happened next turned tragic.

Someone in the other vehicle threw a car mirror at Caballero's vehicle, striking Caballero. He returned the mirror toward the other vehicle, at which point he apparently either fell out of Sanchez's car or was trying to get out to escalate the fight. He fell to the pavement and was run over by the school bus.

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