Iowa school bus crash takes students, two drivers to hospital
Update: 11:57 AM CDT August 23, 2022
A Bennett Community School District bus and another vehicle collided, taking a student, bus driver and second vehicle driver to a hospital in Cedar County on Tuesday morning. The first day of school, said six students on the bus at the time of the accident. shows that both the truck and the bus were thrown off the road after the initial impact. County deputies are investigating the accident.
A Bennett Community School District bus and another vehicle collided, taking a student, bus driver and second vehicle driver to a hospital in Cedar County Tuesday morning.
Superintendent Bennett Community School District confirmed the accident happened on the first day of school, saying there were six students on the bus at the time of the crash.
The superintendent said the incident happened around 7:25 a.m. at Washington Avenue and Highway 130 between Bennett and New Liberty.
The county released images of the crash, showing both the truck and the bus being thrown off the road after the initial impact. The bus also crashed into a power pole.
Cedar County deputies are investigating the crash.
