May 21, 2012
A truck driver from New York City has been fined $100 for colliding with a school bus near Greenwood in eastern Nebraska.
56-year-old Jun Meng, who lives in Queens, also was ordered to pay $48 in court costs. He'd pleaded guilty last month to careless driving.
Authorities say 28 Kearney High School students and four
staffers were on a field trip to Omaha on Nov. 8. The Nebraska
State Patrol says Meng's truck and the school bus were headed east
on Interstate 80 near the Greenwood exit when the truck changed
lanes. It struck the bus, knocking it atop a concrete construction
barrier.
Six students and a teacher were taken to a hospital. The bus
driver and Meng weren't injured.
