Bus Accident on I-95. Maryland class trip turns into nightmare for some Pennsylvania Students and their parents

July 8, 2006 - Parents of children injured in a Maryland bus crash want to know why a teenage driver was behind the wheel.
Maryland State Police say nearly 60 people were hurt in the accident, including an eight-year-old girl whose hand was severed. The Interstate-95 crash is being blamed on a truck that left its lane and smashed into the bus.

An injured passenger tells The Philadelphia Daily News the 18-year-old was driving with one hand, while fiddling with a cell phone and listening to music.

The bus was one of six returning to Philadelphia from a day-camp trip to Baltimore's National Aquarium. The paper says dozens of parents and relatives have met with day-camp representatives to demand answers about the crash.

Authorities have not identified the 41-year-old truck driver or the teenage bus driver. Federal law requires that those who drive commercial vehicles interstate must be at least 21.