Graham, Washington: Crazed SUV Driver Nearly Runs Over Three Kids Passing Stopped School Bus


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Three Washington (state) kids came within inches of being run over by a speeding SUV whose driver ignored the stopped school bus’ signs and warning lights and sped past the stopped vehicle, KOMO (Seattle) is reporting.

The incident happened last Friday morning but is only now gaining attention in the national media.

At about 7:25 a.m. last Friday, a school bus made a routine stop at an intersection in Graham, Washington, about 45 miles south of Seattle. With all of its emergency lights flashing, and its stop sign deployed, three children — a ten-year-old, a nine-year-old, and a five-year-old — were just about to board the school bus when an SUV sped by, coming within inches of running over all three kids. The incident was captured from at least three angles on the school bus’s video surveillance cameras.

The SUV passed on the passenger’s side of the school bus, coming between the bus and the kids. The driver passed a line of stopped cars behind the school bus, driving on a narrow, four-foot wide shoulder to get around it. The SUV was going at least 45 miles per hour, and did not slow down, according to KING (Seattle).

The children were shaken up, but fortunately, none of them were hurt. Although five-year-old Charity Wolf said that she felt it.

“It kind of ran over my shoe a little.”

Parent Lisa Razo witnessed the incident as she waited for her kids to board the bus.

“I looked up and the car passed by the kids and my heart almost dropped. My kids, they were so close to being taken away from me. It’s really really hard to watch.”

Parent Brandy Wheeler also watched the speeding SUV almost run over the kids. She gave chase.

“‘Those are our kids! You stop! You stop!’ and I probably said some things I shouldn’t have said, and thank goodness children couldn’t hear. But I was scared and knew they weren’t stopping.”

Razo is not sure what could possibly compel a person to speed past a stopped school bus when children are present.

“I don’t know if they were late for work I don’t know if they were texting or doing something that they shouldn’t have been and at the last minute hit the bus but they almost hit three children.”

Graham police are asking the public for their help in identifying the person who was driving a white SUV with chrome wheels, possibly a GMC Jimmy or Oldsmobile Bravada. Unfortunately, the school bus’s security cameras did not capture the SUV’s license plates, and as of this post, the driver who nearly ran over the three kids has not been identified.

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