SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – Video shared with News 6 shows a Sumter County school bus getting clipped by a CSX train.
The collision happened last week near North Main Street and East Central Avenue in Bushnell.
The video, taken by student Emma Steuer, shows the bus, which was carrying 29 students, moving slightly forward from the railroad crossing just before the train passes it.
According to Sumter County records, 67-year-old Yvonne Hampton was arrested Monday for 29 child neglect charges. She was also cited for failing to stop at a railroad crossing.
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An arrest report states her voice could be heard on video saying, “Not gonna stop for no train.”
Video from TikTok user @pre.k.thug26 is going viral with more than 500,000 views, showing kids on a school bus terrified, screaming, and crying as a train speeds past just feet from the rear of the bus.
The video uses the hashtags #TrainHitMyBus and #SumterCountyFL, and it was posted the same day.
Sumter County School District Superintendent Logan Brown said the train clipped the back of the bus, and the driver is no longer employed with the district.
“A matter of 6 inches is the difference in all of this, and it could have been an extremely catastrophic situation,” Brown said in a social media video released on Monday.
Brown said the bus driver, employed with the district since August 2015, was terminated following the incident. He also praised the train conductor’s response, calling him “a hero in this situation.”
News 6’s Tylisa Hampton looked at Yvonne Hampton’s personnel file with the school district. She had all “good” or “excellent” evaluations prior to this incident.
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Effective immediately, Brown said all district buses will avoid the East Central Avenue crossing and reroute to one of four signal-controlled crossings.
“It’s one of those things that opens your eyes, and we know we have to change our processes,” Brown said.
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the driver was cited the same day of the crash for failing to stop at a railroad crossing.
Brown said the incident has prompted the district to review bus driver qualifications, railroad crossing procedures and route planning.
In response, the district is making immediate changes. Bus routes will no longer include the crossing where the crash occurred, citing the lack of a traffic signal and limited space for buses.
Luckily, no one was injured.