Police and fire respond to Monday bus collision, no one harmed
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Police and fire officials responded to a collision involving a Gordon County school bus and a minivan late Monday afternoon.
According to Gordon County Fire Chief David Hawkins, the accident occurred around 4 p.m. Monday afternoon on Sugar Valley Road in Calhoun.
According to Gordon County Schools Safety Coordinator, Toni Queen a minivan hit the bus in the rear end causing damage to the van and not the bus. No injuries were reported and a second bus was brought in to take the children home.
Queen said accidents of this type are rare and children are very safe on school buses.
"A child is safer on a bus than in a vehicle," Queen said. "When someone hits a bus they might have a lot of damage, while a bus can drive away unharmed."
Queen said that bus was carrying around 15 middle and high school aged children at the time of the accident.
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« cactus-man wrote on Tuesday, Apr 20 at 11:45 AM »
Maybe a cell phone was getting more attention
« wbb1954 wrote on Tuesday, Apr 20 at 11:22 AM »
this happen 2 or 3 weeks ago in RANGER OH! I forgot we are a small town in the north end of the county we do get on the news unless someone kills someone i thank god everyone is ok with thIS wreck and the one in RANGER EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE CAREFUL AROUND SCHOOL BUSES
« terry1960 wrote on Tuesday, Apr 20 at 10:59 AM »
How hard is it to pay attention to a school bus in front of you? This was just an accident cause by bad driving
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