Monday's truck - school bus collision near Cass County Road 1225 South on U.S. 35 may have resulted in no major injuries, but for Jessi Boyd, the mother of the children on the west side of U.S. 35 waiting to board the stopped bus, it was like watching her worst nightmare.
The Lewis Cass school bus driven by Sharon Case, 69, of Walton, was stopped in the southbound lane of U.S. 35 when it was struck from the rear by a bucket truck driven by James Mayhill, 40, of Walton, who was towing a trailer loaded with a Kubota skid steer. The stop arms and warning lights on the bus were activated prior to being hit.
Boyd said she has always preached to her two sons about bus safety prior to this incident. Her oldest son Paxton, 11, grabbed his brother Owen, 5, away from the road as the bus was hit and he was one step away from boarding. Owen was left unharmed other than a scratch on his nose from flying glass.
Boyd said this isn't the first close call, but it has been the scariest.
