Only on WRAL: Vehicle fails to stop at school bus stop sign
HELP REPUBLICANS OVERRIDE THE
GOVERNOR'S VETO.
>> A STUDENT NARROWLY MISS
GETTING HIT BY A VEHICLE AFTER
GETTING OFF THE SCHOOL BUS.
AND IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON
CAMERA. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO IS
CAPTURED IN HARNETT COUNTY
NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU SEE THE BUSES
STOPPED LETTING KIDS OFF A
STUDENT GETS OFF. THE BUS COMES
INTO VIEW WITHIN SECONDS.
YOU'LL SEE THIS VEHICLE.
>> WOW, RIGHT PAST HIM DOES
NOT STOP.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M ASHLEY
ROW.
>> AND I'M GERALD OWENS.
YOU JUST HOLD YOUR BREATH.
WHEN YOU SEE VIDEO LIKE THAT,
THIS IS THE TYPE OF BEHAVIOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T WANT TO
SEE. IS THE SCHOOL YEAR RAMPS
UP THE BUREAU'S? HEIDI KIRK IS
LIVE IN ANDREW WHERE IT
HAPPENED IN A STORY YOU'LL ONLY
SEE ON WRAL. IT VERY SCARY
MOMENT FOR THE FAMILY WHO TOOK
THAT VIDEO.
>> JERROLD, VERY SCARY MOMENTS.
AND THEY SAY THAT THEIR
DAUGHTER IS COMPLETELY FINE.
BUT STILL, IT'S A CLOSER CALL
THAN THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.
THEY SAY THEY SENT US THAT
VIDEO BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR ANYWHERE
ELSE EVER. AGAIN.
>> SO THE BUS WAS STOPPED RIGHT
IN FRONT OF THE END SECTION.
DEREK SMITH THOUGHT OF HIS OWN
KIDS WHEN SEEING THIS JARRING
VIDEO OUTSIDE HIS DEVELOPMENT
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MY CHILD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT
WASN'T. IT'S JUST SCARY TO KNOW
THAT PEOPLE JUST. OUR CAROL IS
THAT WAY.
WHEN THE BUS WAS CLEARLY
STOPPED AND HE'S JUST A WRITER.
THE VIDEO SHOWS A CLOSE CALL.
YOU CAN SEE THE SCHOOL BUS
STOPPED, LETTING KIDS OFF.
A STUDENT COMES INTO VIEW AND
WITHIN SECONDS FOR LOWS,
POSSIBLE WITHOUT STOPPING.
>> IF THAT KID WHEN THE BIN.
YOU KNOW, ALERT.
COULD HAVE BEEN WAY, WAY WORSE.
>> AND YOUR POLICE ARE NOW
INVESTIGATING IN URGING PEOPLE
TO PAY ATTENTION AND FOLLOW
THE RULES OF THE ROAD, ISSUING
SOME SIMPLE REMINDERS. WHAT A
BUS STOPS ON A TWO-LANE ROAD.
ALL TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
MUST STOP THE SAME APPLIES.
IF YOU ADD A CENTER LANE ON
A FOUR-LANE ROAD WITHOUT
IMMEDIATE. ALL TRAFFIC MUST
STOP ON A DIVIDED HIGHWAY WITH
A MEDIAN ONLY TRAFFIC FOLLOWING
THE BUS MUST STOP NO MATTER HOW
MANY LANES THERE ARE. POLICE
SAY IF YOU DON'T STOP, YOU
COULD FACE CHARGES.
>> WELL MENTIONED JUST WITHIN
THE LAST 5 MINUTES OR SO.
WE ACTUALLY SAW SCHOOL BUS GO
BY SO FAR, SO GOOD. THEY'LL BE
BREAKING THE RULES HERE.
AND NOW NOW ANDREW POLICE HAVE
SAID THAT THEY'VE GOT
PATROLLING THIS AREA IN HOPES
THAT THEY CAN PREVENT THIS FROM
HAPPENING AGAIN.
>> HEIDI KIRK, WRAL, NEWS LIVE
IN ANGIER. THANK YOU, HEIDI.
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