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School bus carrying students plunges into swimming pool near Orlando

Bus driver, 9 children uninjured in wreck; driver of Jeep taken to hospital

A school bus crashes into a backyard swimming pool in Orange County.

PINE HILLS, Fla. – A school bus carrying students plunged into a backyard swimming pool Friday morning in Orange County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The crash happened near Willowwood Street and Rushwood Court in Pine Hills.

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Orange County Fire Rescue said the bus, carrying nine students to Magnolia School, and a Jeep were involved in a crash. The bus traveled into a yard and through a fence before nosediving into the pool.

Troopers said the Jeep swerved to avoid a dead cat in the road, prompting the bus to drive off the road.

Fire Rescue tweeted that the driver of the Jeep suffered non-serious injuries. She was taken to a hospital, officials said.

A school bus crashes into a backyard swimming pool in Orange County.

The bus driver and nine children were not injured, rescue crews said.

Magnolia is a school for children with special needs, officials said. Orange County Public Schools said the students' parents were notified of the crash.

Video from News 6 helicopter Sky 6 showed the front half of an Orange District Schools bus in the water. A portion of a wooden fence surrounding the yard is broken and lying on the ground.

A hazmat team was called to the home because fuel leaked into the pool, officials said.

No other details have been released.

A school bus plunges into an Orange County swimming pool.

 

 


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