A Lowndes County School District bus was rear-ended Thursday morning, marking the fourth time a school bus in the Golden Triangle was involved in an accident since the start of the school year.
The bus was rear-ended at the intersection of Yorkville and Stadium roads during its morning route, just before 8 a.m., Sheriff Eddie Hawkins told The Dispatch. The driver’s vision was impaired by the sun, causing the driver to strike the back of the stopped bus, he said.
Hawkins said there were no injuries in the accident, and there was only minor damage to the bus and the vehicle. Another bus was brought out to take the kids to school while the accident was investigated, he said.
In August, a Caledonia woman was arrested after rear-ending a LCSD bus while driving drunk. The same day, a second LCSD bus was side-swiped by a vehicle with a trailer traveling next to it. A Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District bus was rear-ended one week later.
McRae is a general assignment and education reporter for The Dispatch.
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