Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1919 — BUT LAW IS NOT FOLLOWED [ARTICLE]

BUT LAW IS NOT FOLLOWED

On investigation of the terrible accident at a grade crossing south of Laporte last Friday, when six children lost their lives and nine others received serious injuries from the school hack in which they were riding being struck by a Grand Trunk train, has brought out the fact that the state legislature of 1917, following a similar accident In 1916, passed a law making It compulsory for the driver of a school conveyance to bring the vehicle to a complete stop at all steam and electric Tallway crossings, and to send some competent person ahead of the vehicle to look carefully for approaching trains. Another provision of this law says that only in case of the Illness of the authorized driver is it permissible to employ another driver, who shall be a competent driver and familiar with handling a team.