MARCH 18, 2015
PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, INDIANA
Two people were killed and three people, including two
students, suffered minor injuries when a Hebron school bus and a pickup truck
were involved in a head-on collision late Tuesday morning.
The driver and passenger in the pickup truck, a 1995 Dodge
Ram, were killed in the accident. Their identities are not known, according to
Porter County, Indiana Coroner Chuck Harris; his office will be conducting
routine toxicology screenings on them.
A school bus driver from the Metropolitan School District of
Boone Township, Indiana, identified as a 52-year-old woman, and two Hebron
students, ages 17 and 18, were transported to Porter Regional Hospital for
treatment of minor injuries, according to Sgt. Larry LaFlower, public
information officer for the Porter County Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff's deputies were called to Indiana 8, just west of
Baums Bridge Road, around 11:20 a.m. for the accident. The school bus was
eastbound on Ind. 8 when the pickup truck, which was westbound, went left of
center and struck the school bus head-on. Eyewitnesses told officials the pickup truck
was attempting to pass a car, according to the coroner's press release.
Ind. 8 was closed for a few hours after the accident.
The Kouts and Hebron Volunteer Fire departments, Porter EMS,
the Kouts Police Department, and the Indiana Department of Transportation also
assisted at the accident scene.
Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com