A School Bus Killed a 5-Year-Old. The Crash Is Among Dozens Missing From the Bus Company’s Federal Safety Record.

Reporting Highlights

Missing Crashes: The federal system for tracking serious bus crashes fails to identify most of a major company’s fatal collisions.

Fatalities Across the Nation: The buses run by one major transportation company were involved in at least 60 fatal crashes over 10 years; the database notes only 18.

A Schoolboy Killed: The death of a Boston 5-year-old last year was one of the accidents not counted under the name of the bus operator, Transdev, a major transportation company.

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