RI State Police Investigate School Bus Crash on Route 95, 8 Taken to Hospital
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RI State Police Investigate School Bus Crash on Route 95, 8 Taken to Hospital
"The crash involved a First Student school bus occupied by forty-one (41) members of the West Warwick High School Co-Ed Track Team, and an Aetna Bridge Company stake body truck towing a portable arrow board for a RIDOT construction detail in the area," said the State Police.
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According to the State Police, the investigation revealed that the Aetna Bridge truck exited the center median in front of the approaching school bus and was driving across the highway to enter the breakdown lane. The operator of the bus swerved to the left and struck the towed arrow board, dislodging it from the truck.
Four students, the operator of the bus, and the three occupants of the truck were transported to Kent County Hospital with minor injuries.
Members of the West Greenwich Police Department, the Richmond Police Department, the State Police Commercial Enforcement Unit, West Greenwich Fire and Rescue, and Exeter Fire and Rescue assisted with the investigation.
The operator of the Aetna Bridge truck was also issued a citation for a Right of Way violation.