The right front tire that led a Lexington 2 school bus to swerve off the interstate and turn over, ultimately killing an eighth grade student, had been corroded by nails, an investigation by the S.C. Highway Patrol found.
The bus had been inspected a month before the crash.
The investigation report, obtained by The State on Thursday through a public records request, provided new details about the April 17 crash that left a school bus overturned along Interstate 77 in Chester County. Jose Maria Gonzales-Linares, a 13-year-old Pine Ridge Middle school student was killed in the crash…