A memorial is set up against roadblocks on Cream Level Road near the spot where a train struck a school bus, killing one student and injuring the driver and another student. 13-year-old Christopher Bonillas was laid to rest in Athens on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. (Cory McCoy/Staff)

Athens police have released a report on the Jan. 25 fatal crash involving a school bus and a train that killed one middle school student and left the bus driver and another student injured.

The Athens Daily Review obtained the Texas peace officer’s crash report, which said the bus was southbound in the 700 block of North Wofford Street as it approached the Union Pacific railroad crossing.

“The bus stopped in accordance with state law before pulling forward on the train tracks,” according to the report. “The Union Pacific train was traveling southwest on the tracks.”

The report shows that the bus proceeded across the tracks and was struck by the train and pushed along the track, causing the bus to strike signage and railroad gate arms.  

The driver of the 2004 bus was identified as John Franklin Stevens, 78. 

The crash report indicates Stevens was wearing his seat belt. 

No alcohol or drug specimen was taken from Stevens, the crash report shows. 

The report shows that failure to stop for the train as a contributing factor in the crash. 

The report indicates the weather conditions were clear, it was daylight and the bus was driving on a two-way nondivided road that had a curve and a hill crest.