Updated: December 14, 2017

ALMOST ONE WEEK AFTER THREE STUDENTS WERE INJURED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS, THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS INSTALLED SCHOOL BUS WARNING SIGNS ALONG US 43 IN LITTLEVILLE. ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, THE REQUEST FOR THE SIGNS WERE PENDING PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND IT IS HOPED THAT THE SIGNS HELP MOTORIST PAY MORE ATTENTION. A COLBERT COUNTY SCHOOL BUS, WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY 17 STUDENTS ON IT, WAS HIT BY A TRUCK ON DECEMBER 5TH WHILE THE BUS WAS STOPPED TO LOAD STUDENTS.