Around noon on Thursday, A Mountain View Elementary school bus was involved in a traffic accident at the intersection of Starnes Road and N.C. Highway 127.
Initial reports indicate that the driver of the bus attempted a left turn into the path of an oncoming vehicle traveling south on Highway 127. 61 third-grade students, four teachers, and the driver were on the bus at the time of the accident, but no serious injuries were reported.
The bus driver was cited by the NC Highway Patrol
On Wednesday, he North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to a collision in Catawba County on N.C. Highway 150 near Mount Pleasant Road (in the Sherrills Ford area). An eastbound school bus on Highway 150 stopped for traffic and was rear-ended by an eastbound tractor-trailer. The bus was from the Lincoln Charter School in Lincolnton.
Of the 21 persons on the bus, three were transported to local hospitals with minor injuries. The driver of the tractor-trailer was cited for failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision.
Story:Ralph Mangum-WHKY