{"id":12412,"date":"2025-05-05T10:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T17:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/?p=12412"},"modified":"2026-08-12T16:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T23:05:50","slug":"accident-investigation-training-returns-to-stn-expo-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/accident-investigation-training-returns-to-stn-expo-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Accident Investigation Training Returns to STN EXPO West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>School buses remain the safest way for students to get to school, but student transportation professionals must be prepared for the worst-case scenario when a school bus related accident occurs.<\/strong><span id=\"more-84113\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STN EXPO West<\/a>, safety will be the focus of many of the educational sessions and trainings. The conference kicks off Friday, July 12 with an in-depth \u201cSchool Bus Accident Investigation: Be Prepared for a Lawsuit\u201d presentation by industry veterans Richard \u201cDick\u201d Fischer and Pete Baxter. The four-hour session will dive into the intricacies of accident investigation that often branch off beyond the incident itself to a broader view of transportation operations, including safety onboard the bus, at bus stops and in the school bus garage.<\/p>\n<p>Fischer, a renowned national school bus safety expert and trainer, and Baxter, an NAPT Hall of Famer and retired director of pupil transportation for the Indiana Department of Education, will also discuss the legal process that follows a school bus accident and review real-life examples to demonstrate the importance of preparing transportation teams to handle the legal proceedings. Both Fischer and Baxter have served as expert witnesses in court for legal cases involving school bus collisions and look to shed light on the process, starting with the first phone call about an accident to appearing in court. Even though every transportation department or company hopes it will never happen to them, this session will reveal the need to prepare for different types of incidents.<\/p>\n<p><em>Save $100 on regular conference registration with Early Bird registration by June 6. STN EXPO West will be held July 11-16 in Reno, Nevada at the Peppermill Resort. Find registration and hotel details and stay tuned for updates on the conference agenda, exhibitor lists &amp; unique experiences at <a href=\"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stnexpo.com\/west<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry veteran Richard Fischer speaking on accident investigation during STN EXPO West in Reno, Nevada. (Photo by Taylor Ekbatani.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12412"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15840,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12412\/revisions\/15840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stnexpo.com\/west\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}