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Pileup Behind School Bus Kills One

  • Crash investigators with the Texas Department of Public Safety prepare to launch a drone to capture overhead images of the crash scene. The driver of the white Hyundai car in the background died in the crash
    Crash investigators with the Texas Department of Public Safety prepare to launch a drone to capture overhead images of the crash scene. The driver of the white Hyundai car in the background died in the crash
  • A black Range Rover stopped for the school bus but then got rear-ended by the white Ford pickup.
    A black Range Rover stopped for the school bus but then got rear-ended by the white Ford pickup.
  • A white Ford pickup owned by Fayette Water Supply Corporation crashed into a Range Rover and then struck a house located a short distance off the highway.
    A white Ford pickup owned by Fayette Water Supply Corporation crashed into a Range Rover and then struck a house located a short distance off the highway.
A pileup behind a school bus unloading kids on SH 71 near West Point ended with one fatality and multiple injuriesTwo separate crashes happened around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, in front of the Tuck Stop RV Park just east of West Point. A La Grange ISD school bus had stopped in the westbound outside lane of the highway to unload students at the location. An 18-wheeler pulling a box trailer…

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