8 students injured, some seriously, in school bus crash in Wisconsin
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Eight students were injured in a school bus accident Monday in southeastern Wisconsin, after a car struck the bus and caused it to spin off the road. The injuries ranged from minor to serious, authorities said, but none were considered life-threatening.
The accident happened before 7:30 a.m. CDT in Fredonia, according to the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office. The bus from Random Lake School District was carrying 36 students, some as young as elementary school age. The oldest were in high school, the sheriff's office said. Ozaukee County includes Fredonia, a town located some 30 miles north of Milwaukee that's adjacent to Random Lake.
Sheriff's deputies found the school bus lying on its passenger side in a ditch beside the road when they responded to the scene Monday morning, and a Jeep Grand Cherokee with significant front-end damage was stopped in the roadway. The sheriff's office said investigators determined that the car ran a stop sign while driving eastbound on County Trunk Highway East, striking the bus at an intersection as it was traveling northbound.
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