[Cruising Speed]

Covel's truck crossed the center median and struck the bus

...and it's the bus driver's fault?

[OKSooner]

"The family initially suspected Covel suffered a medical condition that caused the truck to veer out of control. It later learned another vehicle had bumped the truck and filed a wrongful death lawsuit to clear Covel's name, Dixon said. "

Now you know as much about it as I do.

[VOA]

...and it's the bus driver's fault?

This is not the best-written article.

But what is sounds like is the truck driven by Toby Keith's dad was
struck by another vehicle, causing the truck to cross the median,
where it was blasted by the bus.

My naive speculation is that maybe when the Oklahoma Highway Patrol
did a thorough investigation, they learned the bus's brakes were
in a mess...thus the driver was unable to avoid hitting the truck
by simply braking.

It could be that the accident reconstruction and eye witnesses showed
the bus had plenty of distance/time to avoid collision even though
the truck was where it should not have been.
E.g., maybe there was no "skid mark" left by the bus trying to
avoid collision.

This all may come under that high duty of all motorists, avoiding
collision and injury.
And the bus-line owners were found wanting, having given
their bus driver a vehicle with defective brakes, hence the verdict.

[robertpaulsen]

"...and it's the bus driver's fault?"

Well, according to the article, that depends.

If Covel crossed the median because of a medical condition, then no. But since he crossed the median because he was bumped, the bus driver should have been able to stop.

("When logic and proportion, have fallen sloppy dead")

Now a sane person would think that the family would sue the driver who bumped Covel, causing the accident. Hah! Everyone knows you sue the person with the most insurance -- who cares if it's not their fault.

[SeaHawkFan]

Depends on if the bus could have stopped in time if the brakes were working properly. If his truck had been pushed intoi the other lane and the bus couldn’t have stopped in time with good brakes, the status of the brakes wouldn’t have mattered.