Car hits school bus; minor injuries result

Information on whether any citations were issued was not available Monday afternoon.

STAFF REPORT

WARREN — Eighteen students on a bus headed to Warren G. Harding High School were transported to area hospitals, nine of them complaining of minor injuries, after their bus was rear-ended Monday by a car on Atlantic Street.

The driver of the car also was taken to the hospital but with relatively minor injuries, Warren police said.

Bus No. 2 was stopped at a railroad crossing near Buena Vista Avenue Northeast about two blocks from school when the collision occurred about 8:45 a.m. They were all Harding students, officials said.

Seven ambulances were used to transport nine of the students to Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital and St. Joseph Health Center. Ambulances from other communities responded to provide the number needed.

Some students were placed on back boards, and some were fitted with neck braces before being taken to the hospital, school superintendent Kathryn Hellweg said.

The nine other students were taken by a second bus to be checked at those hospitals as a precaution, even though they didn’t indicate having any injuries, she said.

The bus driver was uninjured and didn’t require medical treatment, Hellweg said.

After the car was removed from the bus, only a small dent was visible in the right rear bumper of the bus. The car had massive front-end damage.

Information on the car’s driver and whether any citations were issued was not available Monday afternoon.