A red light running incident involving a black BMW transporting three teens turned deadly yesterday in a Boyle Heights neighborhood. Killed in the Los Angeles traffic crash was one male pedestrian, who was struck by the passenger car. The BMW then proceeded to upend a school bus that was carrying students from Roosevelt High School. Following the accident, the three teenage boys attempted to flee the crash site.
Injured in the Los Angeles motor vehicle collision was the bus driver and 20 of the students. Even though the students' injuries were non-life-threatening, all of them, along with the bus driver, were taken to hospitals. As of this morning, the Los Angeles Times was reporting that the bus driver's condition had been upgraded from critical to serious.
As for the teens in the BMW, two of them were apprehended as they were attempting to flee the Los Angeles accident site. The third teen was arrested after arriving at a hospital to seek medical care. All three of them were hospitalized. Criminal charges may be filed. The BMW involved was registered to one of the teen's parents.
The Los Angeles traffic crash occurred two days after the conclusion of National Teen Driver Safety Week--a week that focuses on promoting safe driving among teenagers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web site, about 3,000 teens, ages 15 to 19, were killed in motor vehicle crashes last year. This number does not include the number of adults and young children that may also be involved car crashes involving teen drivers who drove recklessly or carelessly or drove drunk or made mistakes due to driver inexperience.
3 youths held in Eastside school bus crash, Los Angeles Times, October 26, 2010
Pedestrian Killed, School Bus Passengers Injured in Crash, NBC Los Angeles, October 26, 2010
Related Web Resources:
National Teen Driver Safety Week --- October 17--23, 2010, CDC
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