Vancouver police say that a driver possibly distracted by her cellphone crashed head-on into a school bus loaded with children Wednesday morning. No children were serious injured.
Police officers, fire officials and medical personnel responded to the collision, reported near Minnehaha Elementary School in the 2800 block of Northeast 54th Street, at about 8:40 a.m., according to the Vancouver Police Department.
A blue Nissan Versa was traveling on Northeast 54th Street when it veered into oncoming traffic and struck a bus traveling in the opposite direction, Vancouver police said.
The bus was loaded with 53 children, and only one of them suffered a minor injury, which police described as a scrape.
The driver of the Nissan, a woman whose name was not released, was taken to a local hospital after complaining of injuries that police described as not life threatening.
The preliminary investigation showed that she possibly was distracted by her cellphone, Vancouver police said.
The agency’s traffic unit is investigating the crash.