4 Students Receive Minor Injuries In Clearwater School Bus Crash

CLEARWATER, FL -- Four high school students received minor injuries after their school bus crashed into the back of a semi truck stopped at a red light shortly after 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11.

The Florida Highway Patrol said a Pinellas County school bus with students heading to both Seminole High School and Pinellas Technical High School in Seminole rear-ended a stopped semi truck at Ulmerton Road and 58th Street North in Clearwater.

Six students were on the bus at the time. Four were transported to All Children's Hospital to be treated for minor injuries.

The highway patrol cited the driver of the school bus with careless driving.

Images via FHP

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