Stanly County Schools bus, tractor trailer, truck involved in accident
Published 9:15 am Thursday, November 7, 2019
A Stanly County Schools bus was in a multiple vehicle accident Thursday morning.
Some students received minor injuries after a tractor-trailer truck headed westbound on N.C. Highway 24-27 failed to reduce its speed and hit a Ford F-150 truck around 7:19 a.m., according to the N.C. Highway Patrol. The truck then hit school bus No. 80, which was transporting 25 students to West Stanly high and middle schools. It was near Converse Drive, as the bus was awaiting to pick up a student.
Two students were treated for minor injuries, according to the highway patrol, but Stanly County Schools said seven students were treated and the bus driver was taken to the hospital. Four students were transported to Atrium Health Stanly.
The driver of the pickup received minor injuries. The big rig’s driver was transported to Carolinas Medical Center – Main, Highway Patrol said.
An investigation is ongoing. More information will be posted at thesnaponline.com and in the Weekend Edition of The Stanly News & Press.
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Chris Miller has been with the SNAP since January 2019. He is a graduate of NC State and received his Master's in Journalism from the University of Maryland. He previously wrote for the Capital News Service in Annapolis, where many of his stories on immigration and culture were published in national papers via the AP wire.
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