5 southwest Ohio school bus crashes in the past year

Credit: DaytonDailyNews

The Dayton Public Schools bus crash Thursday morning is the latest such incident in the past year.

The crash Thursday morning sent three students — an elementary school student on the bus and two Dunbar High School students in an SUV — to local hospitals. The SUV and school bus collided at the intersection Haller Ave and Weaver Street around 8:30 a.m.

Here’s a look at other school bus crashes this newsroom has covered:

Jan. 27, 2017 — A Greeneville High School bus was involved in an accident with a car carrying two passengers. The incident was not considered weather related. The bus was carrying around six students when it happened. The passengers in the car sustained minor injuries. »READ MORE

Jan. 19, 2017 — Minor injuries were reported after three Fairfield City Schools buses were involved in a crash. Thirteen people were transported to the emergency room and 14 others walked-in after the accident — all with minor injuries. »READ MORE

Sept. 30, 2016 — Six students were transported to the hospital after a New Lebanon Local Schools bus was rear-ended by an SUV. The bus was fully loaded, with approximately 40 students, according to Capt. John Keyser, with the New Lebanon Fire Department. »READ MORE

Aug. 22, 2016 — A First Student contract bus for the Horizon Science Academy in Dayton was westbound on East Third when it sideswiped a Chrysler Pacifica. The female driver of the Pacifica was taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries not considered life-threatening. »READ MORE

Jan. 29, 2016 — A 21-year-old that was killed when her car crashed head-on into a school bus had a blood alcohol level over three times the legal limit in Ohio, according to the Miami County Sheriff's Office. Nine children were treated for minor injuries. »READ MORE

More from our newsrooms on school bus safety issues:

» Officers push school bus safety program

» District disappointed with private school bus company

» Schools, Clark Sheriff warn on school bus stop safety

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