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School bus crashes near Central City
Posted on Oct 02, 2009 by admin.
Linn County Sheriff's Office school resource officer Rob Taylor (right) takes photographs at the scene where the driver of a Lone Tree School District bus left the Highway 13 roadway and hit a tree Friday in Central City. The driver was the only occupant of the bus. Linn County Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Yoder said the driver was on a trip to pick up children at the YMCA's Camp Wapsie. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
UPDATE: No students were on board when a school bus crashed into a ditch along Highway 13 in Central City today.
The crash happened at 12:23 p.m.
The driver of the bus may have had a medical condition that led to the crash, according to Linn County sheriff’s deputies at the scene.
Traffic flows along Highway 13 near the crash scene. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The bus hit the east guard rail of the Wapsipinicon River bridge in Central City before going into the east ditch and striking a tree.
The driver, Michael E. Wolfe, 57, of Lone Tree, suffered what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries and was taken by helicopter to St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
The bus was en route to pick up children at the YMCA’s Camp Wapsie northwest of Central City, deputies said.
Highway 13 was closed for a time but has now reopened.
just1reader
02. Oct, 2009
I hope everybody is ok.
wildtigger
02. Oct, 2009
from what I have heard, the driver was the only one on the bus, no kids. Lifeguard helicoptor was on it's way…
palogal
02. Oct, 2009
TV9 says no students were on board. So that's good news.
ctiger
02. Oct, 2009
Thank you for that. We have family who go to school in that area and were worried.
ctiger
02. Oct, 2009
Thank you for that. We have family who go to school in that area and were worried.
I hope the driver is ok.
palogal
02. Oct, 2009
"The driver was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries. Officials say driver may have had a medical condition.
No one else on board bus, the bus was on the way to pick up kids from a camp."