Current Events Blog for Mrs. Countryman's AP United States History class at Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
11 year old injured after bus driver asks him to move downed power line from the road. - Gunnar Ozuna Period 6
"Driver Patricia Ryan tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that she "never intended to hurt anyone" on April 15 in the Penn-Trafford School District. Penn Township police say she endangered the welfare of the boy by asking students on the bus to get out and remove the power line. The boy, Tyler Cunningham, and his father, Bob, tell WTAE-TV that the boy's hand was burned, but he wasn't seriously hurt. The bus company, First Student, tells the newspaper that Ryan was removed as a driver later that day. The power line fell when it was hit by a goose." This is not the first time a bus driver has done something terrible. We can look back to the civil rights movement and the incident that occurred with civil rights hero Rosa Parks. In this incident, Rosa refused to move seats and caused a huge scene that ended in her arrest, but also sparked a huge movement. Could this event spark a huge movement against bus drivers getting kids to move power lines? Only time will tell....
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