AUSTIN (Nexstar) — In a recent report, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said at least 36 students were not wearing seat belts during a Leander Independent School District school bus crash on Aug. 13. The crash injured more than 16 children and the driver.

"Video evidence showed that, of the 42 student passengers visible in the video (out of the 46 passengers onboard), only six were belted," the report says. "Four of those passengers were wearing only the lap portion of the lap/shoulder belt," the NTSB added, noting they didn't have full visibility over some of the passengers.

"We're not surprised that not everyone was wearing them," Brad Brown said. "(A) school bus is about the only place that kids (are) going to be on any vehicle and learn not to use a seat belt."

Brown

See Full Page