Marion County school bus crashes into house after truck runs stop sign: FHP

FLUX FOX 35:

OCALA, Florida. – Two people are injured after a pickup truck ran a stop sign and caused a chain reaction that ended with a Marion County school bus crashing into a home, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash happened shortly after 8 a.m. in the area of ​​Marion Oaks Trail and SW 31st Ave. Road.

A pickup truck, driven by a 25-year-old woman, was heading south on SW 31st Ave. Road approaching Marion Oaks Trail and a stop sign when a Marion County school bus, driven by a 63-year-old woman, was heading west on Marion Oaks Trail approaching from SW 31st Ave. Road, police said.

The van failed to stop at the stop sign and proceeded into the intersection at the same time as the school bus, according to an FHP incident report.

That’s when the front of the van struck the right side of the school bus. The van ended up on the south side of Marion Oaks Trail, while the school bus crashed into a home in the 12900 block of SW 31st Ave. Road, police said.

Both drivers were slightly injured, police said. The bus driver and an assistant were treated at a local hospital and have since been released, a Marion County Public Schools spokesperson told FOX 35. No students were on the bus.

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