缅因州拨款430万美元,用于在2025年两名儿童死亡后加强学校公共汽车安全。 Maine allocates $4.3M to upgrade school bus safety after two child deaths in 2025.

缅因州州长珍妮特·米尔斯(Janet Mills)宣布了一项430万美元的改善校车安全计划,该计划是在2025年底两名儿童死亡后实施的,其中包括洛克兰的12岁的Brayden Callahan和斯坦迪什的5岁的Simon Gonzalez。 Maine Governor Janet Mills has unveiled a $4.3 million plan to improve school bus safety after two child fatalities in late 2025, including 12-year-old Brayden Callahan in Rockland and 5-year-old Simon Gonzalez in Standish. 该州的补充预算提议提供这笔资金, 将改装近1700辆公共汽车, The funding, proposed in the state’s supplemental budget, will retrofit nearly 1,700 buses with crossing arms and anti-pinch door sensors. Mills还设立了缅因州和当地代表组成的缅因州学校交通安全委员会,负责在2026年4月30日之前审查安全条例并提出建议。 Mills also created the Maine School Transportation Safety Commission, which includes state and local representatives, to review safety regulations and deliver recommendations by April 30, 2026. NTSB 初步报告提到驾驶员对Callahan的死亡漠不关心, 巴士驾驶员被控过失杀人。 The NTSB preliminary report cited driver inattention in Callahan’s death, with the bus driver charged with manslaughter. 在缅因州,这些事件很少发生,在过去55年里,那里仅发生5起与校车有关的儿童死亡事件。 These incidents are rare in Maine, where only five school bus-related child fatalities occurred in the past 55 years.