Two Chesterfield school bus drivers were charged after a crash Monday morning that injured seven students and another driver.
Glenda Eacho, 67, and Judy Keyser, 65, were both charged with following too closely, according to Chesterfield Police. They were driving students from Meadowbrook High School to the Tech Center around 8:30 a.m. when a car in front of them on Iron Bridge Road slowed to take a left turn at the intersection of Whitepine Road.
Patricia Pallett was getting the kids ready for school when she heard it.
"I just heard the squealing of the tires and I stepped out of the back door to see two buses were involved," Pallet said.
Police say a silver car slowed for a light, and that's when one bus hit the car, and another bus rear-ended the first one.
"I saw some of the kids being taken off the bus and put into ambulances," nearby resident Justin Silver said.
Silver came out of his house to flashing lights and lots of commotion.
"I couldn't tell who was a bus driver and who wasn't. But I could tell who was the other driver she looked like she got hurt. She got put onto a stretcher," Silver said.
Those buses and their drivers eventually left to finish their routes.
As for Pallett and Silver, after this accident, both still had to put kids on the bus. Pallet says she's confident in the driver's ability, but upon hearing the charges, Silver said she thinks everyone could stand to take a little bit more care.
"They've got to keep their space. They have all our kids on the bus with them, and that's a problem right there. You don't want to follow too close to our kids," Silver said.
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Glenda Eacho, 67, and Judy Keyser, 65, were both charged with following too closely, according to Chesterfield Police. They were driving students from Meadowbrook High School to the Tech Center around 8:30 a.m. when a car in front of them on Iron Bridge Road slowed to take a left turn at the intersection of Whitepine Road.
Patricia Pallett was getting the kids ready for school when she heard it.
"I just heard the squealing of the tires and I stepped out of the back door to see two buses were involved," Pallet said.
Police say a silver car slowed for a light, and that's when one bus hit the car, and another bus rear-ended the first one.
"I saw some of the kids being taken off the bus and put into ambulances," nearby resident Justin Silver said.
Silver came out of his house to flashing lights and lots of commotion.
"I couldn't tell who was a bus driver and who wasn't. But I could tell who was the other driver she looked like she got hurt. She got put onto a stretcher," Silver said.
Those buses and their drivers eventually left to finish their routes.
As for Pallett and Silver, after this accident, both still had to put kids on the bus. Pallet says she's confident in the driver's ability, but upon hearing the charges, Silver said she thinks everyone could stand to take a little bit more care.
"They've got to keep their space. They have all our kids on the bus with them, and that's a problem right there. You don't want to follow too close to our kids," Silver said.
Copyright 2015 WWBT NBC12. All rights reserved.
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