Only on WRAL: Vehicle fails to stop at school bus stop sign

Doorbell footage captures a close call at a bus stop in Angier when a car blows past a school bus stop sign.
Posted 8/26/2025, 9:24:00 PM Updated 8/27/2025, 3:04:47 AM

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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