Replying to My friends skis were run over by a bus

So on the way down from the hill, my friends brand new j skis, that were attached directly next to mine on the ski rack on the side of the bus. Got run over...

I don't really know how it happened but his skis just fell off of the rack, (probably weren't secured correctly by the bus driver) and then run over. The bus ran over them directly over the bindings of one of the skis and I'm pretty sure the skis fucked now.

So what do you guys think of this? The bus driver told us the ski hill would "probably" reimburse him, so who knows.

What do you guys think of this? Has anything similar happened to you or any of your friends?