CHP BLAMES BUS BRAKES IN CRASH; POLICE TO REVIEW WILSONA DISTRICT'S RECORDS.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Out-of-adjustment brakes on a 27-year-old Wilsona School District bus were blamed for a crash that injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. a student, a California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officer said Wednesday. CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officials said they plan to check the district's maintenance records today, but did not plan to inspect the district's 13 other buses or file charges against the district. ``The buses get inspected on a fairly regular basis,'' said CHP Officer Scott Weldy. ``This incident doesn't mean that the program isn't working.'' Carrying 37 students from Challenger Middle School, the bus was returning from the Museum of Natural History in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. when the driver said the brakes failed on Pearblossom Highway about 5:38 p.m. Tuesday. She said she steered to avoid a van stopped for a red light and crashed into a traffic signal pole. One 11-old-girl suffered a knee injury and was transported to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital, where she was treated and released. ``We've never had an accident like this before,'' said Michael Brown Michael or Mike Brown may refer to: In politics:
According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Brown, the last major inspection on the bus was completed April 16 by a school district mechanic. CHP officials were unable to say Wednesday when they last inspected the bus. The CHP requires bus operators to inspect their vehicles every 90 days or 3,000 miles. Brown said the district will take no action until CHP officials complete their investigation and submit a report. ``If we get a report that indicates there was a problem, we would go and inspect all the buses,'' said Brown. School district officials said the 1970 bus that crashed was one of two that the district owned before it joined the Antelope Valley Transportation Authority in the 1970s. In 1990, when the school district resumed its own bus service, it bought 10 new buses plus two buses from the transportation authority, and took back its original two buses. The bus that crashed is often used for field trips because it is the largest, officials said. ``The majority of our buses are new,'' said Brown. ``I have to be confident that all of our buses are in good shape.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) A truck hauls a bus away Wednesday from the scene of a crash Tuesday on Pearblossom Highway. An 11-year-old girl was injured in the incident. The child and classmates Classmates can refer to either:
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