One of the 30 students in the school bus was taken to the hospital with minor injuries
Polk County, OR. – One person was killed and two others were injured in a collision involving a school bus on Monday morning in Polk County, according to the police.
The fatal collision happened around 9:51 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 22 and Highway 51.
Police said a Salem-Keizer Thomas school bus was traveling westbound on Hwy 22 and was turning left onto southbound Highway 51 when it collided with an eastbound Honda Pilot.
The Honda driver, a 68-year-old Independence man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The school bus driver, a 33-year-old from Turner, was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
One of the 30 students in the school bus was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Police are investigating the accident.
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