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Three students injured in Hillsborough school bus crash

By Jodie Tillman, Times Staff Writer
Posted: Feb 21, 2012 06:04 PM

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TAMPA — Three Webb Middle School students were taken to Town & Country Hospital with minor injuries after their school bus was involved in an accident Tuesday afternoon.

The school bus driver also was taken to the hospital, said school district spokeswoman Linda Cobbe. The bus was carrying about 50 students.

The accident occurred at Pinehurst Drive and Waters Avenue.

The bus was waiting at an intersection, Cobbe said. A pick-up truck swerved and hit another truck, pushing it into the path of the bus. The driver of the first pickup appeared to be having a medical emergency, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.

Cobbe said the district contacting parents, some of whom came to the scene to pick up their children. The remaining students were transported by another bus.


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