On the 11 O'Clock news tonight (5/22) there was a report of an 8 year old girl being run over by a school bus. My brother told me that what was reported was that apparently a high school freshman got on the bus, and started to fool around with the controls. He ended up taking off the parking brake, and the bus ran over the little girl. She ended up dying later on at the hospital. That poor girl's family, I cannot even imagine what they must be going through.

My question is though, "WHERE WAS THE BUS DRIVER?! WHY WASN"T HE/SHE EITHER BEHIND THE WHEEL OR AT LEAST ON THE BUS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS UNDER CONTROL?!" I truly hope that the driver is charged and prosecuted for the death of that little girl. The bus is obviously the driver's responsibility, and if that person had been doing their job the poor girl would still be alive.

Now that's not to say that the kid who was playing with the controls should get off scott free. He needs to take some responsibility as well. He should have known better than to fool around. When you ride a bus, you get on and plant your rear end in a seat until you reach your stop.