Hit-And-Run Driver Struck School Bus, Troopers Say

While no injuries were reported in a Thursday morning hit-and-run crash at U.S. 301 and 9th Street East, Florida Highway Patrol troopers would still very much like to speak with the motorist deemed responsible.

The incident unfolded around 7 a.m. when a Manatee County School bus driven by Rhonda Huston, 54, was stopped facing southeast on U.S. 301 in the right turn lane. Huston had a bus monitor and five students onboard at the time, troopers wrote in a media release.

As Huston waiting on the red light to change, an unknown vehicle failed to stop and struck the bus from behind, the release stated.

The driver of the vehicle then took off, trooper say.

No one on the bus was injured, but it did suffer minor rear end damage.

The other motorist is said to have been driving a newer model blue four-door vehicle.

Anyone with information about the wreck is asked to call Trooper McGrede at 941-915-9157.

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