At 4:07 p.m., a collision occurred involving a Botetourt County school bus traveling east on Catawba Road.
As the bus approached a curve, a tractor trailer was found on the wrong side of the road.
To avoid a head-on collision, the bus driver swerved off the roadway but overcorrected and ended up running off the left side of the road.
Fortunately, the bus did not overturn.
The only student aboard was unharmed, and the aide sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
The bus driver was not injured.
Optic and phone lines are down, but no power lines are affected.
VDOT has established a detour around the area, and the road will be closed for several hours.
The tractor trailer involved in the incident fled the scene and has not yet been located.
Comments