North Texas

3 Students, Woman Injured When Forney School Bus, SUV Collide

SUV driver taken to Dallas hospital by air ambulance

Four people were injured Friday morning when a school bus and minivan collided, authorities say. [[330398841,C]]

The Forney Independent School District bus was traveling north on Farm-to-Market Road 548 near Reeder Lane when the driver of a white Acura MDX SUV pulled out in front of it at about 7:30 a.m., according to Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Lonny Haschel.

Haschel said 29 children were on the bus at the time. Three students were taken by ambulance to nearby hospitals with injuries that were not life threatening.

A woman driving the SUV was transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas by medical helicopter, Haschel said.

Another bus arrived to take the students to school.

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