A school bus vs vehicle accident occurred on Tuesday morning in front of RSES.
Just before 7:00amCT on Tuesday, March 20th a school bus being operated by 59-year-old David McDonald, was southbound and had stopped to turn into the school. Another bus traveling north had stopped and motioned McDonald to go ahead and pull into the schools parking lot. The driver didn’t notice a northbound vehicle, being operated by Tabitha Cross of Columbia, KY, and turned into her path. Cross tried to avoid the bus, but was unable to do so and the vehicles collided.
Tabitha Cross was injured after her airbag deployed and was transported to R.C. Hospital by private vehicle. The bus driver, Mr. McDonald and the 26 students on the bus at the time of the collision, escaped injury.
The Russell Springs Police Dept. investigated the accident.
