Victims in Special Needs Bus a Tight-Knit Group
Victims in Special Needs Bus a Tight-Knit Group
Reporters describe those on the special needs bus as a “tight-knit group” who all looked out for one another. They would work and play with each other all day, taking care of one another if the other was sick, according to media reports.
As the Ohio Highway Patrol investigate the cause of the truck slamming into the bus of special needs victims, the families of the four people killed mourn their tragic loss. Among those killed was the 42-year-old bus driver from Springfield, Ohio. Six others reportedly were injured, including the truck driver from Chicago who was treated and released for minor injuries from an Ohio hospital. He was driving a Mack tanker truck.
The special needs adults were being driven to their home in Vienna Meadows where they all lived together when the bus in Springfield, Ohio, crossed the median line and slammed into them head-on. The crash occurred Thursday, Jan. 7, just before 1 p.m.
It was reported that rescuers recognized the faces of many of those victims in the special needs bus. And a former caretaker at their home told reporters that it will be very difficult on all of the residents of the special needs home in explaining what occurred and where their close friends are.
