4 Hospitalized After School Bus Crash

RIVERVIEW, FL — A school bus driver has been cited in connection with an accident that occurred Wednesday afternoon on U.S. 301.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a bus carrying students from Summerfield Crossings Elementary School was heading north on U.S. 301 just before 3 p.m., approaching Cowley Road. At the time, a GMC driven by Amanda Enfinger, 26, of Gibsonton was heading southbound.

The bus driver, Marilyn Kay Ray, 63, turned left into the path of the oncoming vehicle, a highway patrol report said.

A total of 32 children were on the bus at the time, the patrol said. Two children were taken to a local hospital. Troopers did not indicate the severity of injuries.

Enfinger and her 2-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries and were taken to St. Joseph’s South for treatment.

Ray was cited for failure to yield, the report said.

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