The Woodmore Elementary School bus crash happened on November 21, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The driver, Johnthony Walker, was reportedly speeding on a narrow, winding road when the bus veered off, struck a mailbox, utility pole, and finally wrapped around a large tree.

The Woodmore Elementary School bus crash happened on November 21, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The driver, Johnthony Walker, was reportedly speeding on a narrow, winding road when the bus veered off, struck a mailbox, utility pole, and finally wrapped around a large tree.

Here are some key details from the case:

• Six children were killed, all between ages 6 and 10.

• The bus carried 37 students from kindergarten through fifth grade.

• Investigators later determined the driver was traveling around 50 mph in a 30 mph zone.

• Several children told investigators that just before the crash, Walker asked, “Are y’all ready to die?”

• He was later convicted of criminally negligent homicide and sentenced to four years in prison.

The line you quoted —

“THE MOST HURTFUL THING IN THE WORLD IS FOR A PARENT TO MOURN THE LOSS OF A CHILD.”
captures the unimaginable pain families endure from such tragedies.