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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Jonathan Morris of Aliquippa is the plaintiff of a recent lawsuit that was filed against ABC Transit Company, Inc. and the male driver of one of their busses which crashed in Economy Borough on August 23rd, 2025. This bus that crashed that day carried the Aliquippa Junior High School football team and the crash occurred on Shaffer Road. This crash caused twenty-one children and the driver to be taken to the hospital. Morris is a volunteer coach for the Aliquippa Junior High School Football team, and he alleges in this lawsuit that the male bus driver of the bus that crashed in Economy Borough on August 23rd, 2025 was not paying attention to his driving and was driving too fast when the crash occurred, despite the fact that he knew that he was transporting adults and minors on that bus that he was driving. Morris also alleges the negligence of ABC Transit Company Inc. in the supervision and training and of its drivers and that despite his prior driving record they employed the driver anyway. The lawsuit got filed by Morgan and Morgan on behalf of Morris, and it lists as defendants John Doe, which represents the unidentified bus driver and ABC Transit Company, Inc. of Pittsburgh, who employed the bus driver. Morris was one of the people that was injured in that bus crash in Economy Borough on August 23rd, 2025 and he was sitting directly behind the bus driver when the crash occurred. The lawsuit stated that he got serious injuries to his knee, left elbow and his neck and back vertebrae, which caused him to get hospitalized to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh for three days and he continues to get treatment for his injuries. The lawsuit also asks for at least $50,000 in damages for Morris as compensation for his suffering, his unexpected medical bills, his loss of income, his physical pain and his mental pain since this bus accident in Economy Borough on August 23rd, 2025 happened. According to a source close to the investigation, the bus was traveling around a bend and hit a hillside, causing it to briefly tip before landing upright. The bus that crashed in Economy Borough on August 23rd, 2025 also hit a utility pole which knocked down live wires. This crash is still under investigation.