Teen seriously injured, 4 kids hurt in Marion County crash involving 2 school buses: FHP
Credit: Marion County Fire Rescue
MARION COUNTY, Fla. - A 16-year-old girl was seriously injured and several kids were taken to a local hospital following a Marion County school bus crash that happened Friday afternoon, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
The teen was driving a van near CR 315 and NW 135th Street around 2:20 p.m. when she crossed a center line and traveled northbound in the southbound lane of CR 315 causing a head-on collision with one school bus.
The debris from that crash collided with a second school bus that was behind the first school bus, FHP said.
Of the 69 kids on board both school buses, four were taken to the hospital, according to Marion County Fire Rescue.
The 16-year-old was taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
No other details have been released.