(Red Oak) One person suffered minor injuries in a car vs bus accident in Red Oak this morning.
The Red Oak Police Department says a 16-year-old male from Red Oak was driving a 1995 Ford Taurus northbound on 8th Street and had just traversed the intersection of N 6th Street and E Summit Street. The teen was reaching for an orange when the vehicle veered into a school bus just behind the left front steer tire of the bus.
The school bus, owned by the Red Oak School District, was operated by 52-year-old John Paul Beer of Villisca. The bus was travelling southbound approaching the intersection of 8th Street and E Summit Street when the accident occurred. The bus was only occupied by the driver and a para-professional and both were uninjured. There were no students on the bus.
The teen was transported to Montgomery County Memorial Hospital for evaluation of a possible minor injury. A passenger in the teen’s vehicle was not injured.
The bus sustained approximately $1,000 damage. The Ford Taurus sustained approximately $2,500 damage.
The Red Oak Police Department was assisted at the scene by Red Oak Fire and Rescue, Montgomery County Emergency Management and Red Oak Community School District Officials.
