The bus involved in the crash bears the name "PTB Services," corresponding to Pride Transportation Bus Services. According to Department of Public Safety records, six of the seven PTB Services buses inspected from January through April failed inspection.
Bus company’s lawyer
The bus company’s lawyer reports to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that the bus involved in the crash passed its annual inspection, but did not share when that inspection took place.
Also, that driver involved in the crash is a newly hired employee who had a clean driving record prior to the incident. Adding, before being hired, the driver passed a background check through the Minnesota BCA, a drug screening and a driving record review. The driver also completed several months of training, including both classroom-style instruction and behind-the-wheel experience.
The lawyer also says that crash investigators told him the driver told investigators they hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal.
Crash witness
“By the time that man hit this sign, he was doing 40-50 [miles per hour] in that bus; that bus just, it wasn’t no stopping it,” Charlie Smith, who saw every moment of the crash, said.
“When I say the screams, man, please, those kids was, they weren’t screaming help, they was like, ‘I don’t want to die,'” he added about the children onboard the bus.
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