Holeman v. Smallwood

On May 5, 1977, at 3 p.m., 6-year-old Donald Holeman was walking home from school with two friends on the sidewalk on the south side of 9th Street in Monmouth, Illinois, when they came to the Main Street intersection. The traffic light controlling 9th Street traffic was green, and the pedestrian control signal facing the boys said “WALK.” Donald started to cross Main Street in the crosswalk when he collided with a school bus and fell to the ground. The bus, driven by William Smallwood, had been proceeding westerly on 9th Street. At the Main Street intersection the bus had begun a left turn…