Cape Cod School Bus Crash: 5 Students Hurt

YARMOUTH, MA — Five students were hurt in Yarmouth Wednesday morning after police said an unlicensed teenage driver crashed into a school bus. All those hospitalized suffered minor injuries or were evaluated as a precaution, police said. The teenage driver was cited. (Subscribe to Cape Cod news alerts — Barnstable, Falmouth and Martha's Vineyard — for updates on this story and more breaking news. iPhone/iPad users: download the new Patch app.)

The crash happened at about 7:15 a.m. on Regional Avenue. Police said a 17-year-old girl without a driver's license was at the wheel of a Jeep with three similarly aged individuals when she struck the bus at an intersection. The bus had 15 students inside and was headed to Cape Cod Regional High School in Harwich.

All of the Jeep occupants and student were hospitalized. Police said the girl, a South Dennis resident, had a junior driver's license but since there was no adult in the vehicle she was charged with driving a vehicle in violation of license restrictions.

Also on Wednesday, there was another school bus crash in Quincy, resulting in injuries to three toddlers.

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Photo: The scene of a school bus crash in Yarmouth April 26, 2017. (Credit: Yarmouth Police Department)