A Roanoke elementary school bus driver was charged with a traffic violation after a frightening school bus crash on the morning of Dec. 10, in which nearly a dozen young children were on board.

Icy roads and winter weather contributed to a serious single-vehicle crash Thursday morning on Route 29 near Albemarle and Nelson Counties in Virginia.

A drunk driver from Salem, Va. was charged with a traffic violation after a single-vehicle crash on Dec. 9 that caused extensive damage to a Salem business.

When the public reads news stories about truck accidents involving a tractor trailer and a passenger car, there is often only the basic information surrounding the crash. Most news stories do not give the full details about how occupants of either vehicle died, as the majority of fatal injuries caused by truck accidents are terribly tragic.