A 28-year-old Largo woman suffered serious injuries Friday morning after her car collided with a Pinellas County School bus.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Erica Ficca was heading westbound on Ulmterton Road around 6 a.m. when the school bus in front of her Dodge Dart stopped for a railroad crossing. Ficca, the patrol said, failed to stop and struck the rear of the bus.
Ficca was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with serious injuries.
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The bus driver, Sidney Odums, 65, of Clearwater and two teenagers on board were not injured.
Ficca was ticketed for careless driving and failure to wear a seat belt, the highway patrol report noted.
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The crash blocked traffic along Ulmerton Road near Lake Avenue for several hours Friday.
Photo courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol
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