Fayette County school bus transporting two kids rear ends truck, police say
A Fayette County Public Schools bus was involved in a collision Wednesday morning, according to the Lexington Police Department.
The crash happened around 6:54 a.m. on South Broadway and Bolivar Street. Lexington police Lt. Joe Anderson said a truck was heading inbound on South Broadway when it yielded the right-of-way to a fire truck traveling on Bolivar Street.
As the truck was stopped, a school bus behind it was not able to stop in time before rear-ending the truck, according to Anderson. The school bus had two students onboard, both of which were uninjured.
The truck driver had minor injuries but didn’t get transported to a hospital, Anderson said.
The bus was heading to Henry Clay High School, according to FCPS spokesperson Dia Davidson-Smith.
It’s the first reported collision involving a school bus in Lexington since December when a bus was hit from behind by a Lexington Fire Department ambulance in December. Twenty-three students were on board and one was taken to a hospital with an injury.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
This story was originally published January 10, 2024 at 8:02 AM.
