Driver Cited After Hitting School Bus

April 2, 2016

There were no student injuries in a collision involving a car and a school bus south of Century Friday afternoon.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 60-year old Steven K. Smith of Montgomery was northbound on Highway 29 near Elsie Davis Road in a Chevrolet Malibu when he braked on the wet roadway and slid into the a school bus. The bus, driven by 53-year old Linda C. Flowers of Century, was stopped with lights activated.

Flowers and 16 students from Byrneville Elementary School were not injured. Smith was transported to D.W. McMillan Hospital in Brewton with minor injuries.

Smith was also cited by the FHP for careless driving.

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Comments

13 Responses to “Driver Cited After Hitting School Bus”

  1. Retired Bell Head on April 2nd, 2016 9:57 pm

    The ATT employee involved in this wreck was returning from PCola after dealing with one of his employees who was killed Thusday in an accident at Olive Rd and Davis Hwy. His head was probably not where it should have been and there’s no telling what distraction caused this. Thank goodness no one was hurt in this one.

  2. Willis on April 2nd, 2016 6:02 pm

    @dool
    Looks like he has pretty good connection at the moment !!!

  3. bama54 on April 2nd, 2016 8:01 am

    to haha!! Verizon is “Can You Hear Me Now” !! We don’t want to get confused with the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

  4. Anne on April 2nd, 2016 7:53 am

    Hello, Mr. Smith, this is AT&T and we’d like to see you in the office Monday morning.

    Praising there were no injuries.

  5. dool on April 2nd, 2016 7:51 am

    his driving is as bad as the service I get from at&t

  6. Resident redneck on April 2nd, 2016 7:28 am

    AT&T’s drivers are as bad as their cell phone service…….

  7. Jane on April 2nd, 2016 5:55 am

    I see people following too closely all the time, and on a wet road this is what happens when you brake. You just slide into someone. Glad it wasn’t an injury accident.

  8. Haha on April 2nd, 2016 3:26 am

    Can you Hear me Now?
    Glad all is ok…

  9. BG on April 1st, 2016 8:50 pm

    This is AT&T may i help you.

  10. Puddin on April 1st, 2016 6:12 pm

    Glad no students or the driver was hurt. Hope the ATT is OK.

    I’ve said it a million times. Hang up and drive. The road was barely wet and the rain had pretty much stopped. Please, be careful out there.

  11. Smokey on April 1st, 2016 5:27 pm

    Maybe he was on his cell phone. Haha?

  12. Northof9mi on April 1st, 2016 4:36 pm

    Hello AT&T. I didn’t see nor hear that big old yellow bus. Sure glad no one was hurt!

  13. aflowers on April 1st, 2016 3:53 pm

    So thankful no students or my mom was injured! Could have been so much worse. Hope the driver of the car will be ok. God is so good!

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