A 70-year-old Sarasota man was cited for causing a crash involving a school bus Monday evening.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Gerald Kays was heading northbound on Debrecen Road around 5:40 p.m. when the accident happened. Kays stopped his vehicle for a stop sign at the intersection of County Road 780 and Debrecen Road, but failed to yield right of way to a bus heading west on County Road 780.
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When Kays attempted to make a left turn onto County Road 780, he crossed into the path of a bus driven by Jennifer Durrstein, 44, of Bradenton, the patrol wrote in an accident report. The bus was transporting nine students from McIntosh Middle School at the time.
That particular intersection only has a stop sign on Debrecen Road, troopers noted.
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While no one was injured in the crash, Kays was cited for violation of right away from a stop sign.
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