SIX INJURED IN SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT

SEVERAL STUDENTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES IN A COLLISION BETWEEN A SCHOOL BUS AND A CITY BUS AT WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

SCHOOL DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON ALISON BENSON SAYS THE SCHOOL BUS WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY THE CITY BUS AS SCHOOL WAS DISMISSING AROUND 3:20PM.

BOTH BUSES WERE TRANSPORTING STUDENTS.

AMBULANCES WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCHOOL LOCATED AT 3301 WEST 19TH STREET AND ONE PERSON WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION BY PARENTAL REQUEST.

BENSON SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. SHE SAYS SOMEONE MAY HAVE HIT THE SCHOOL BUS WITH A SNOWBALL, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO STOP.