Fayette students injured in bus accident

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. — More than a dozen Fayette County school students were treated for injuries after their school bus wrecked on Route 61 on Wednesday afternoon.

The wreck happened around 3 p.m. near the Montgomery Bridge in Smithers.  No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Reports indicated the school bus hit a rock and ran off the road and into a ditch.

As of Wednesday evening, none of the students involved was said to be seriously injured.





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