Milwaukee Bus Accident Injury Lawyers Share Pulaski Story
Bus accident kills one, leaves 13 injured in Wisconsin wreck
On behalf of Milwaukee personal injury attorney Ric Domnitz of Domnitz & Domnitz, S.C. posted in Commercial Vehicle Accidents on Saturday, September 6, 2014.
A school bus accident near Pulaski, Wisconsin, has left one person dead and more than a dozen injured. The bus accident, which occurred at about 9 p.m. on Sept. 2, occurred when a northbound bus collided with a westbound passenger vehicle on Wisconsin 29. A passenger in the smaller vehicle died in the fatal crash.
Official reports show that the driver of the smaller vehicle also has life-threatening injuries. The decedent in this case was a 24-year-old woman, and the driver is a 27-year-old man. The names of the victims have not been released.
In all, 13 students were injured in the collision. The bus was carrying players on the Pulaski junior varsity and varsity volleyball teams. Authorities say that the victims on that bus were mostly transported to the hospital by their parents, though five of the students were taken to local medical facilities by ambulance. Those injuries do not appear to be life-threatening, according to school officials. Several of the students may have suffered head injuries, as a nurse practitioner who stopped to help at the crash scene said she saw that some of the students had been “knocked out.”
Investigators say they are still not sure exactly what caused the collision, which occurred during good weather conditions on a safe, flat stretch of road. Accident reconstruction experts are still working to determine the cause of the accident. Regardless of who is at fault for this type of collision, victims who have been wounded in a bus crash may be entitled to some financial compensation. Bus passengers were likely not liable for the crash; as a result, they may be eligible to receive civil damages for their medical expenses and other costs. Bus accident victims deserve compensation for the physical pain and suffering they have had to endure.
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette, “1 killed as school bus, car collide near Pulaski” Doug Schneider, Sep. 03, 2014
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