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The Leander ISD School Bus Rollover: Expert Legal Analysis of Corporate and District Accountability The image is haunting: a yellow school bus, designed to be the safest vehicle on the road, lying on its side in the rural dirt of Williamson County. In August, on the very first day of school, 46 students aboard a Leander Independent School District (Leander ISD) bus experienced a nightmare. The vehicle didn’t just slide; it rolled over twice on a rural road. When the dust settled, the scene was pure chaos. Students were scattered on the side of the road, crying and in shock. The driver was suffering from a significant head wound. Seven children were transported to hospitals, some by helicopter—a clear sign of life-threatening urgency. Perhaps most disturbing is the revelation that out of 46 students, only three were wearing the lap/shoulder seatbelts mandated by Texas state law. At Attorney911, we don’t just see this as a tragic accident. We see it through the lens of 27+ years of trucking and commercial vehicle litigation. We see a failure of corporate and district oversight, a disregard for safety mandates, and a complex web of liability that families in Leander, Cedar Park, and Liberty…