Two Students Exiting School Buses Struck By Cars Within A Week [VIDEO]

AUSTIN, TX -- Two Austin ISD students were struck by vehicles in two separate incidents this week -- in North Austin and South Austin -- school officials said Thursday.

Neither of the students sustained serious injury, but the incidents raise concerns about inattentive and/or irresponsible drives negotiating around school buses while children are exiting. The Austin American-Statesman reported both drivers were cited, for failing to stop for a school bus and for failing to yield for a pedestrian.

To their credit, both drivers stopped to render aid, the Statesman noted.

"Both suffered minor injuries, only bumps and bruises thankfully,” Austin school district Chief Eric Mendez told the Statesman. “We are grateful they weren’t hurt severely. It’s so important to not have any more of these occur. We want our kids to be safe everyday as they commute to and from school.”

One of the students is a middle school student and the other goes to a high school, police told the newspaper.

The first incident occurred Monday at South First Street and West Saint Elmo Road, in South Austin, school district police told the Statesman. the Austin school district police said. The following day, a second student was struck off RM 2222, at North Scout Island Circle and Courtyard Drive in North Austin, according to the report.

Each of the students hit had the right-of-way when they were struck, school officials said. In Monday's incident the middle school student was attempting to walk through a crosswalk; in the second, the high school student crossed the street while the "stop" arm on the bus was engage to warn motorists not to pass, the newspaper reported.

Both of the incidents were recorded on cameras affixed to school buses that were recently installed. School officials released the video Thursday afternoon.

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