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.
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.
#trafficalert #crash schoolbus vs Jeep-Willowwood St/Rushmore Ct. 9 children & bus driver NOT INJURED, Female Jeep driver was injured, though not seriously. Nose of the school bus ended up in a swimming pool. Fuel leak in pool, Squad en route for HazMat. #BREAKING pic.twitter.com/0fdaufouil
— OCFire Rescue (@OCFireRescue) October 12, 2018
A hazmat team was called to the home because fuel leaked into the pool, officials said.
No other details have been released.