"Dozens of schoolchildren were saved from serious injury yesterday in

north Queensland when the wheels of their school bus fell off while

driving in a 60km/h zone. Smithfield police Sgt Dick Van Drie said wheel

studs holding the back two wheels of a local school bus together fell

off just after it negotiated a round-about on the Captain Cook Highway

in northern Cairns. The bus was full of schoolchildren travelling to a

local pool at the time. The bus pictured, was impounded and was being

checked by Queensland Transport yesterday."

 

And here's a local report (about the same accident), that the local (Cairns), ABC emailed to me:-

"Police say its fortunate there were no injuries when a bus carrying school children lost a wheel in Cairns this morning. The chartered bus was carrying forty students on a school excursion when the wheel fell off at about nine thirty am. Police say the students continued their excursion on foot after the accident in McGregor Road, Smithfield. The Transport Minister has called for a report on an accident involving a school bus in far north Queensland yesterday. The bus - with 40 students on board - was driving down a Cairns street when it lost its back wheels. Paul Lucas says the bus was inspected in December as part of the twice-yearly safety check routine which is managed by Queensland Transport.   Mr Lucas says he's called for a senior level inquiry into the incident.   A senior level inquiry has been launched into a school bus incident in Cairns yesterday. The Love's school bus lost its dual back wheels in McGregor Road, Smithfield, while carrying forty students on an excursion. Transport Minister, Paul Lucas, says the bus was inspected in December as part of Queensland Transports' twice yearly safety check regime . Mr. Lucas says he's called for a report on the incident."