SCHOOL BUS CRASH WITH CAR, DRIVER INJURED, NO CHILDREN INJURED AT GILMER RD AND HAWLEY ST, MUNDELEIN

    FRI MAR 20 2015 ~8:35 AM
    MUNDELEIN FIRE DEPARTMENT
    SCHOOL BUS CRASH VS CAR
    GILMER RD AND HAWLEY ST MUNDELEIN, IL

    CRASH WITH NO CHILDREN INJURED. SCHOOL BUS DRIVER TRANSPORTED TO ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER.

    SCHOOL BUS HAD FRONT/DRIVER'S SIDE DAMAGE AFTER CRASH WITH A CAR.

    CHILDREN WERE EN ROUTE TO FREMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MUNDELEIN.




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    Website Message from Fremont School District 79 Regarding Friday Morning Bus Accident
    Twenty-five children were assessed and evaluated by Countryside Fire Protection District paramedics on the scene of a Fremont District 79 bus accident before being transported to Fremont Elementary and Fremont Intermediate Schools Friday morning.

    At about 8:35 a.m. March 20, a Fremont bus traveling northbound on Gilmer Road traveled through the intersection of Hawley Street where it was struck by a car traveling eastbound. The bus had the right of way. The bus was transporting students in Grades Kindergarten through Five to school. The bus is equipped with lap and shoulder belts and the bus driver encouraged all children that morning to wear them. The bus driver was taken to a local hospital by an ambulance to be evaluated for non-life threatening injuries. As of 10:30 a.m. there was no update on the driver.

    Children's parents were notified of the accident. Children were transported back to school where they met with school social workers and psychologists to help them process the accident. A nurse assessed the children on their return to school.

    The accident is under investigation by the Hawthorn Woods Police Department.

    www.fsd79.org

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