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Parents Call for Increased Safety at School Bus Stops
Parents Stephanie Wines, front, and Cecelia Patterson watch students board a bus at the La Plata stop where several children were struck by a car Tuesday.
(By Philip Rucker -- The Washington Post)
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Yesterday's accident was the second at the Glen Albin Road stop this school year. In September, a child was hit by a car while crossing the street.
Cecelia Patterson, who waited yesterday with her daughter BreLaunna, 10, said many drivers exceed the 25 mph limit on Glen Albin.
"It's normally like they think this neighborhood doesn't exist," Patterson said.
Another parent, Darrietta Redding, said the bus could easily pick up students on a quieter street.
"The kids need to stay over there on that side and let the bus go out there to get them," Redding said, pointing to the next street over.
As she entered the courthouse for her hearing, Simmons, dressed in a navy blue jumpsuit and white flip-flops, shielded her face from television cameras.
Cooper rejected a prosecutor's request that Simmons be detained without bond.
"I definitely would not be a flight risk," Simmons told the judge. "I have nowhere else to go."
Simmons's mother, who declined to give her name, told the judge that she would be "the first to admit" that her daughter has problems. "But she's been working hard to get over her addictions," she said.
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