NOVA – No major injuries were reported after a Mapleton Local School District bus carrying 27 stuents was involved in a crash with a semi tractor-trailer Friday morning.
According to the Ashland post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a bus driven by Don Beattie was southbound on Township Road 1101 when he failed to yield the right of way to an eastbound semi tractor-trailer at U.S. 224. The bus was struck in the right rear by the tractor-trailer was driven by Jeffery Garrison, 54, of Ridge Farm, Illinois.
Two students were taken by Savannah Fire Department and EMS to the hospital and five other students were expected to be taken to the hospital by their parents for evaluation.
The bus driver and the semi tractor-trailer driver were not injured in the crash.
U.S. 224 was closed for about 45 minutes as a result of the accident.
The accident remains under investigation.
The Ashland County Sheriff’s Office, Ruggles-Troy Fire Department, Sullivan Fire Department, Firelands EMS, Savannah Fire Department and an Ohio State Highway Patrol Commercial Vehicle Inspection Officer all assisted at the scene.
