Crime & Safety

Road Rage Results in Head-On Collision with School Bus: Police

Chain reaction began with a tap on the horn and ended with one vehicle crashing into a florist's shop and the other into a school bus.

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STERLING HEIGHTS, MI – Road rage between two drivers ended in one of them hitting a school bus head-on Friday morning, injuring the bus driver and one of the 27 middle school students aboard the bus, police said.

A spokesperson for Warren Consolidated Schools told WDIV-TV that the injuries were minor, and the students were put on another bus that finished the route.

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The accident happened about 11:30 a.m. on 15 Mile Road, just east of Dequindre.

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One of the drivers, Divon Yono, told  the TV station he beeped his horn at another motorist, who allegedly got out of his vehicle and came toward him.

“I thought he was going to come assault me. He came and ripped off my windshield wiper,” Yono told WDIV. “He got back into his car, he came in front of me. He blocked me, so I went around him in the left lane. All I heard was a collision. He hit me, spun me around, pushed me into the Thrifty florist shop and he hit the school bus.”

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A 40-year-old Sterling Heights man was taken into custody and is expected to be charged with felonious assault with a motor vehicle and reckless driving, Sterling Heights police said in a news release.

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