School Bus Overturns: 'We Dodged A Bullet Today,' Supe Says

EAST HAMPTON, NY — A school bus overturned on Rt. 114 in East Hampton early Friday morning, according to East Hampton School District Superintendent Richard Burns .

Burns told Patch that there were no children on the bus; the driver, he said, was on his way to start his run.

"Thank goodness," he said. "We dodged a bullet today."

The bus driver, he said, was released from the hospital with no injuries — but the bus will probably be considered totaled.

According to East Hampton Town Police, the incident took place at 5:48 a.m. on Route 114 and Stephen Hands Path when a driver heading south in a 2008 Nissan sideswiped the school bus, which was heading north, causing it to overturn.

The driver of the Nissan was also taken to the hospital, police said.

Patch file photo depicts an East Hampton school bus from a previous story.