STARKVILLE — A blue Ford Mustang struck a Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District bus Thursday morning, according to police, marking the second time this month a Golden Triangle school bus has been rear-ended.
Starkville Police Department Public Information Officer Brandon Lovelady said the accident happened at about 7:30 a.m. on Hospital Road near the North Jackson Street intersection.
Lovelady said both drivers were evaluated for injuries at the scene, and neither had to be taken to the hospital. The cause of the crash is still under investigation, he said.
SOCSD Communications Director Haley Montgomery told The Dispatch in a text message no students were on the bus at the time of the accident.
Earlier this month, a Caledonia woman was arrested after rear-ending a Lowndes County School District bus while driving drunk. A second LCSD school bus was side-swiped by a vehicle with a trailer traveling next to it on the same day.
Montgomery encouraged drivers to be hyper aware when school buses are on the road. Getting students to and from school safely is a top priority for the district, she said.
“We have to rely on other drivers that are on the road to hold the same priority for us because we all have a share in making sure that our children are safe,” she said. “We hope that drivers who are sharing the road with our buses will be driving … with the mindset that, ‘my child could be on that bus.’”
McRae is a general assignment and education reporter for The Dispatch.
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