The driver of a concrete truck involved in a fatal school bus crash in Bastrop County, Texas, admitted to consuming cocaine the morning of the collision, according to court documents. The crash resulted in at least two fatalities and multiple injuries, including 5-year-old Ulises Rodriguez Montoya and 33-year-old Ryan Wallace. The driver, 42-year-old Jerry Hernandez, also admitted to smoking marijuana the night before and getting only three hours of sleep. Charges have not yet been filed, and the crash investigation is ongoing.
Hays CISD released a video of the deadly crash between a school bus and a concrete truck that resulted in two deaths and multiple injuries. The video shows the bus returning from a field trip before being hit by the truck, causing it to roll. The crash claimed the lives of a five-year-old student on the bus and a 33-year-old doctoral candidate from the University of Texas at Austin.
A Hays CISD school bus involved in a rollover crash did not have seat belts, resulting in the death of one child and injuries to at least 10 others. The bus, a 2011 model, predates a 2017 Texas law mandating seat belts on school buses, and around 40 of the district’s 200 buses still lack seat belts. In contrast, neighboring districts like Austin ISD, Leander ISD, and Pflugerville ISD have seat belts on all their buses.
