CONNEAUT, Ohio (AP) — Officials say no children were hurt
when a loaded school bus slid partially into a sinkhole on a city street
in northeast Ohio, nearly flipping it.
A school official in
Conneaut said the pavement collapsed as the bus passed on Monday
afternoon, causing the rear wheels to fall into the hole. The angle of
the bus in the hole caused problems for rescue workers trying to get the
30 elementary-aged children off the bus.
School superintendent Kent Houston tells The (Ashtabula) Star-Beacon (http://bit.ly/1iwgWdq ) that the kids were more
scared than anything. They were transferred
to another bus for the ride home. A wrecker was called to extract the
bus.
The sinkhole may have been caused by one of the water leaks that have resulted from the extreme weather
this winter.
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Information from: The Star-Beacon, http://www.starbeacon.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.
CONNEAUT, Ohio (AP) — Officials say no children were hurt
when a loaded school bus slid partially into a sinkhole on a city street
in northeast Ohio, nearly flipping it.
A school official in
Conneaut said the pavement collapsed as the bus passed on Monday
afternoon, causing the rear wheels to fall into the hole. The angle of
the bus in the hole caused problems for rescue workers trying to get the
30 elementary-aged children off the bus.
School superintendent Kent Houston tells The (Ashtabula) Star-Beacon (http://bit.ly/1iwgWdq ) that the kids were more
scared than anything. They were transferred
to another bus for the ride home. A wrecker was called to extract the
bus.
The sinkhole may have been caused by one of the water leaks that have resulted from the extreme weather
this winter.
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Information from: The Star-Beacon, http://www.starbeacon.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.