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Father Of Boy Who Tumbled From Bus Speaks
posted (October 31, 2012)
At the top of the newscast, we told you about a nine year old standard fourth student who tumbled out of a moving bus.

It happened on the northern highway between miles 7 and 8. Nine year old Martin Noble was at the back of a crowded bus - when the back door flung open and he crashed to the pavement into the path of oncoming traffic.

Half an hour ago, Monica Bodden spoke to his father Fortunato Noble at the KHMH - and he told us what the child's prognosis is:

Monica Bodden
"Mr. Noble, How is your son doing at this time?"

Fortunato Noble - Father of Martin
"At the moment, he has come out from the CT Scan, and he is okay internally, no injury to the brain, and no internal bleeding. However, his face is all busted up, his lips are bleeding from several spots inside. He has several external concussions on his forehead. His face has a lot of cuts. He just looks terrible; he isn't recognizable to me. It's just sad; I was in there when they were stitching him up, and I couldn't take it. He is just in a lot of pain. My only concern with this incident is that I am making an appeal to these bus operators. We have been trying to deal with this for a while. Put extra buses for people to travel. Don't be cramming people in the bus. This happened because he was a standee in the bus, and somehow the backdoor of this bus flew open. I don't know how something like that can happen. This is a criminal act. And the child flew out of the bus; according to people who were there, they are saying that the bus door flew open, and the draft pulled him out. I don't know how that can happen, but that's what happened - they claim - I was not there. I didn't see what happened, but I'm putting this bus operator on notice. I want something to be done about it. This, to me, is a criminal act that he did; he is endangering people's lives. And this is not because he is my son; it could have been anybody's child. It could have been an adult. It's just not right having people standing up on the bus. There is an advertisement on the air calling on the bus operators to provide transportation for people so that they don't have standees, and they are completely ignoring this thing. These are some of the consequences; I don't know. Like I am saying, I am putting him on notice, and I am suing him. My son is in terrible pain that he does not have to be suffering because they wanted to make more money than is possible. They could easily put another bus there. They have the runs. People need to move; put another bus. Don't cram people like that. Thank God that this was not a fatal incident, but it could have very well been. I understand that the person who came immediately behind almost ran him over. He fell on the highway, and another vehicle was coming. Had he not been paying attention, he would have ran over my son. Putting another person - he is not just - these operators need to stop. And my plea to them is please, obey the law."

We'll follow up on Martin Noble's condition tomorrow...

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