No injuries reported after car hits stopped school bus with 35 students
TOWN OF FRIENDSHIP, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A 17-year-old driver was cited after a car hit the back of a school bus that was stopped on Lakeshore Drive near Subway Road in the Town of Friendship on Friday, Nov. 6, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office is reporting.
Deputies say the bus, carrying 35 students, was stopped in the southbound lane with its red lights on and stop arm out when a southbound car failed to stop and hit it.
The call came in at around 7:35 a.m.
The sheriff's office says the car's driver and a juvenile passenger, and all 35 students were uninjured. Several students were checked by medical crews at the scene and released.
The driver was cited for failure to stop for a stopped school bus and following too closely. Lakeshore Drive was closed for about an hour.