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Multiple students injured in school bus crash on The Plaza at Barrington Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina

Modified Date: 
Thu, 01/07/2016 - 9:49am
Accident Date: 
Thursday, January 7, 2016

Eight students hospitalized, two people injured in east Charlotte school bus crash

CMS says the bus involved, bus 704, serviced John Morehead Stem Academy. Eight students were taken to the hospital as a precaution following a school bus crash in Charlotte Thursday morning, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials say. Two people, including the bus driver, were taken to Carolinas Medical Center with minor injuries. The students were evaluated by EMS at the scene. We know an SUV was also involved in the crash.

Seven students aboard, two injured in east Charlotte school bus crash

CMS says the bus involved, bus 704, serviced John Morehead Stem Academy. Seven students were on a school bus during a wreck in east Charlotte Thursday morning, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials say. Two people, including the bus driver, were taken to Carolinas Medical Center with minor injuries. The students were evaluated by EMS at the scene. We know an SUV was also involved in the crash.

Two injured in east Charlotte school bus crash

Two people were injured in a school bus wreck in east Charlotte Thursday morning, officials say. Officials have not said exactly how the accident happened or if any students were on the bus. The accident happened around 8 a.m. on The Plaza at Barrington Drive. We know an SUV was also involved in the crash. Two people were taken to Carolinas Medical Center with minor injuries.

Eight students, drivers sent to hospital after Charlotte school bus crash

Eleven people, including eight students, were taken to the hospital following a school bus crash in Charlotte Thursday morning, officials say. Miller, the students and the bus driver were taken to Carolinas Medical Center with minor injuries, officials say. Bus 704, servicing John Morehead Stem Academy, traveled off the right side of the road and struck two trees, officials say. Police say 29-year-old Shaquilla Miller, driving a 2002 Cadillac Escalade, ran a red light while turning left onto Barrington Drive, striking the front of the school bus. The accident happened around 8 a.m. on The Plaza at Barrington Drive.
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Type: Bus Accident
People Involved: 
Shaquilla Miller
Roadway: 
The Plaza at Barrington Drive
City: 
Charlotte, NC
County: 
Mecklenburg County, NC
Area: 
Charlotte, NC

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