Hatboro, Pennsylvania boy hit by car while trying to get on his school bus…
Apr 14th, 2009 | By Michael L. Saile, Jr., Esq. | Category: Blogs, Local Car Accidents7-year old Luicius Plaza-Alameda was crossing Byberry Road (between York Road and South Penn Street) trying to get onto his school bus on the morning of March 24, 2009, when he was struck by a car.
Danielle Pettinatto, of Hatboro, Pennsylvania was the driver of the vehicle that struck the 1st grader. Ms. Pettinatto was not charged with a crime, but officers continue to investigate the Pennsylvania pedestrian car accident.
Immediately after the car accident, the injured boy was rushed to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was treated for serious personal injuries.
Pennsylvania motor vehicle law requires that drivers on both sides of the road stop when they approach a school bus with its lights flashing and its stop sign extended.
If the driver of the car is found to be negligent, this Pennsylvania car accident will likely result in a claim against the driver’s Pennsylvania car insurance policy. Hopefully, the negligent driver of the car (known as a “tortfeasor”) has enough Pennsylvania car insurance to fully compensate the injured victim for his pain and suffering and other damages.
maybe the bus didnt hav e the flashing lights on, and maybe then it is the bus driver, bus conpany, scvhool district, and state, that are negligent, …….. if the woman wasnt charged with anything, that tells me the bus didnt have the lights on, …….
The lights were on, the stop sign was out and opposing traffic was stopped…she just hit him. The driver of the bus could not even drive the bus he was so tramatized…way to try to take the blame off of the 22 year old woman that ran down a child trying to get on the bus and blame the driver! Sunglare was the woman’s “excuse”, I have never seen sun so bright that I could not see a large yellow bus with blinking lights! The boy may never walk again! tragic, just tragic.