School Bus Collides With Logging Truck
Some Upstate elementary school student had a terrifying ride home from school Friday when their bus collided with a logging truck.
The collision happened on Highway 8 in Anderson County near the intersection of Highway 88.
No one was seriously hurt, but the log truck flipped over, sending big logs flying, and the impact ripped the front off the school bus.
The truck driver said that the bus hit the side of his truck.
South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Kathy Hiles said that the bus was attempting to make a right turn onto Randall Road, and turned to wide, striking the read axle of the logging truck.
There were eleven children on the bus at the time of the wreck. No one was injured.
South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Kathy Hiles said that the bus driver, Harris Oakes, was charged with failure to yield the right of way.
Automobile Resources and Automotive Info available at ViewPointVehicles.com
March 4th, 2008
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