CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System has amended its response to the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Davis family, adding new legal defenses as both families of the girls killed in the Kenwood Middle School bus crash pursue separate claims against the district and the bus driver.
On March 27, the bus was traveling to a STEM-based student competition in Jackson with 24 students and five adults aboard, according to previous reports. Dashcam video from parents driving behind the bus showed it drifting across the double yellow lines before striking a TDOT dump truck head-on. Two eighth-grade students were killed – Zoe Davis and Arianna Pearson – and several more were critically injured.
Investigations by the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the National Transportation Safety Board remain ongoing. The official cause of the crash has not yet been determined.
Davis family’s lawsuit outlines negligence claims
In April, the Davis family filed a lawsuit against CMCSS and bus driver Sabrina Ducksworth in Carroll County Circuit Court through law firm Morgan & Morgan, according to previous reports. The lawsuit claims Ducksworth was negligent, fatigued, distracted and failed to exercise “due care in operation of the school bus she was driving.” It also states that CMCSS bears responsibility for hiring, training and supervising Ducksworth…