AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) - The Latest on a school bus accident (all times local):
9:15 a.m.
Authorities say a school bus rolled onto its side after colliding with a pickup truck that ran a stop sign on the southwestern outskirts of metro Phoenix Wednesday but that there were no serious injuries among the elementary school children on the bus and the two drivers.
Officials said the students were released to their parents, the pickup’s driver wasn’t injured and the bus driver was transported to a hospital with minor injuries.
Sheriff’s Sgt. Bryant Vanegas said eight children were aboard the bus while Rural Metro Fire spokesman Shawn Gilleland said there were six.
Vanegas said the incident is under investigation but that impairment and speed don’t appear to be factors in what caused the collision.
The pickup had severe front-end damage.
The wreck occurred near Avondale in an unincorporated near Southern Avenue and El Mirage Road.
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8:50 A.M.
Authorities say a school bus rolled onto its side after a collision on the southwestern outskirts of metro Phoenix, but a fire department spokesman says initial reports indicate that people in the two vehicles suffered only minor injuries.
Rural Metro Fire spokesman Shawn Gilleland says the wreck occurred Wednesday in an unincorporated area of Maricopa County and that students were on the bus but that it wasn’t clear how many.
Gilleland says initial reports indicate that at least three and possibly up to eight people suffered minor injuries but that none were serious. He says further details aren’t immediately available.
A pickup with a heavily damaged front end sat at a nearby intersection.
The county Sheriff’s Office is investigating. A spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for information.
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This story corrects the spelling of Sgt. Bryant Vanegas’ last name in one reference.
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