15,000 cited for illegally passing Montgomery Co. school buses - WTOP Afternoon Headlines - Friday, June 23, 2017

Fresh data from Montgomery County Public Schools show in detail the staggering number of drivers who break the rules by speeding past stopped school buses that are picking up or dropping off children. [Logo](#) AFTERNOON HEADLINES - June 23, 2017 [mobile-header-ad]( [alt text here]( [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [15,000 cited for illegally passing Montgomery Co. school buses]( Fresh data from Montgomery County Public Schools show in detail the staggering number of drivers who break the rules by speeding past stopped school buses that are picking up or dropping off children. [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [‘He annihilated him’ — video from Adams Morgan crash played in court]( Video from a Metrobus on 18th Street shows a truck speeding through a busy Adams Morgan intersection before plowing into two D.C. police officers and a traffic control aide on June 8. [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [SB Fairfax Co. 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