FILLMORE — A school bus carrying 24 students was involved in a crash in Putnam County on Wednesday morning.
State police say at approximately 8 a.m., troopers from the Indiana State Police Putnamville Post responded to a crash involving a South Putnam Community School Corporation school bus and a passenger vehicle in rural Putnam County.
Preliminary investigation revealed that 47-year-old Mellissa Church of Fillmore was driving a 2019 Dodge Durango eastbound on County Road 50 South at the intersection of County Road 525 East, when her vehicle and a South Putnam School Corporation school bus collided at the intersection.
The bus was driven by 69-year-old Gerald Skoog and was in route to South Putnam High School.
Police say local emergency management service did not take any students to a hospital.
Both vehicles were towed from the scene and the bus was taken to the high school for a post-crash vehicle inspection.
State police reminds everyone to use caution when around “the big yellow bus.”
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