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School bus hit today no injuries

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No one was injured this morning when a car rear-ended a Duneland school bus on Wagner Road, Porter Police said.

According to police, at 7:40 a.m. Trevor J. Wright, 18, of Porter, was southbound on Wagner Road, north of Indiana Ave., and following the bus when he “leaned over to reach for an item and as a result was distracted and did not realize that the bus was slowing down.”

Wright then drove into the rear of the bus.

The bus driver was Tina M. Keller, 45, of Chesterton.

None of the 19 students on the bus at the time of the collision was injured, police said.

Keller, for her part, told police that she “felt a slight jarring but thought it was just the heaved pavement.” The bus proved to be undamaged, police said. Wright’s 2002 GMC Savana, on the other hand, sustained up to $5,000 damage to the grill and core-support area.

Police did determined that the bus’ brake lights were functioning.

 

Posted 2/25/2015

 
 

 

 

 

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