School bus driver killed in accident with 18-wheeler
An 18-wheeler and a school bus collided early Monday morning, killing one and injuring two others. The deceased victim, Jerry Calvin Barnes, 64, was driving the Belton Independent School District bus when the accident occurred.
Department of Public Safety officials say that Barnes was driving the bus north on Briana Drive, west of Belton, when he pulled up to a stop sign. Barnes came to a complete stop, and then attempted to turn left onto FM 439 to travel west.
The 18-wheeler was headed east on FM 439 when it crashed into the left front corner of the bus. The 18-wheeler was traveling in the proper lane when the accident occurred.
Barnes was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. A bus monitor, 48-year-old Wallace Lee Boshaw, also a BISD employee, suffered non-life threatening injuries, as did the driver of the 18-wheeler, 34-year-old Rodney Mitchell.
No children were on the bus at the time of the accident.
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