MINOR INJURY CRASH INVOLVING BANDON SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS - HIGHWAY 101 NORTH OF BANDON (PHOTOS)
Posted: February 6th, 2010 6:55 AM
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Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into an early Saturday morning crash involving a Bandon School District school bus transporting members and coaches of the high school girl's JV basketball team. The bus driver was transported with non-life threatening injuries, but none of the approximately 14 girls or two coaches was transported from the scene to a hospital for treatment.
Preliminary information provided by OSP Senior Trooper Fred Dunlap indicates on February 6, 2010 at approximately 12:21 a.m. the first call was received by Coos County 9-1-1 of a traffic crash involving the school bus on Highway 101 near milepost 255 north of Bandon. OSP was dispatched and arrived at 12:50 a.m. where Bandon police and fire departments were already on scene.
The school bus, driven by SANDRA K. KLEIN, age 60, from Bandon, was returning from Rogue River High School following the evening basketball games. As the bus was southbound KLEIN lost control negotiating a curve at the bottom of a hill. The bus traveled off the roadway onto the southbound shoulder and went up an embankment knocking down a highway sign. It then re-entered the road and traveled back across both lanes and crashed into the highway guardrail on the northbound shoulder. It came to rest on top of the crushed guardrail.
KLEIN was not using safety restraints and was thrown from the driver's seat. She was transported by ambulance to Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay with minor injuries.
Other possible minor injuries were reported but none of the students or two coaches went to a hospital from the scene. Some family members came to the scene and took their students back to Bandon. Others returned on a second bus that was dispatched to the scene by school district officials.
Bandon Police Department, Bandon Fire Department, Bay Cities Ambulance, ODOT and LTM Truck and RV Repair assisted at the scene. The bus incurred significant front end damage and was towed back to Bandon.
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