Duval School Bus Crash Is The Second In Less Than A Week

PJR via Flickr

A crash in Ortega this morning was the second involving a Duval County school bus in less than a week. Two students were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a driver hit the side of their stopped bus just after 8:30.  

The Florida Highway Patrol says the woman was trying to get around the bus and into a left-turn lane on Timuquana Road. The 44-year-old driver was charged with careless driving. Twelve students were on board at the time of the crash.

Last week, another bus full of middle-school students hit the front of a car while going through a Beach Boulevard intersection because a driver failed to stop behind the line at a red light. 

Photo: "School Bus" by PJR used under Creative Commons license. 

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Jessica Palombo supervises local news gathering and production, podcasts and web editorial content for WJCT News, ADAPT and Jacksonville Today. She is an award-winning writer and journalist with bylines including NPR, Experience Magazine, and The Gainesville Sun. She has a master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism from Syracuse University and is an alumna of the University of Florida. A nearly lifelong resident of Jacksonville, she considers herself lucky to be raising her own children in her hometown. Follow Jessica Palombo on Twitter: @JaxJessicaP