A collision with a school bus Monday afternoon on Highway 278 sends a woman to the hospital but leaves the 24 children on the bus uninjured.
According to Buddy Har-rison, director of social services for the Polk County School System, bus 21-06 was transporting children from Eastside Elementary School in Rockmart home when the driver stopped at the railroad tracks on Highway 278 near the Bo Jangles restaurant. Stop-ping at all crossings is stan-dard protocol for school bus drivers.
“The driver of the car apparently lost concentra-tion or wasn’t paying atten-tion and hit the back of the bus,” Harrison said.
The woman, who remains unidentified, was taken by ambulance to Floyd Medi-cal Center in Rome.
The children were trans-ferred to another bus with Eastside Principal Mark Lumpkin and other school officials on hand to oversee the transfer.
by Melody Dareing2 days 21 hrs ago | 623 views | 1 | 0 | | The woman injured in a collision with a school bus is apparently going to be okay.
Alicia Gaston was treated and released from Floyd Medical Center Monday afternoon, according to hospital information.
Gaston was taken by ambulance to the hospital after running into the back of a bus at the railroad tracks on Highway 278 near the Bo Jangles restaurant in Rockmart.
The 24 children on the bus from Eastside Elementary School were uninjured.
The bus driver stopped before crossing over the tracks.
“The driver of the car apparently lost concentration or wasn’t paying attention and hit the back of the bus,” Harrison said.
The children were transferred to another bus.
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« tbaker6740 wrote on Tuesday, Mar 24 at 04:55 PM »
my child was sitting where ms gaston hit the bus and ended up hurt.... muscle sprains... treated and released at fmc monday night. she is to be rechecked later this week. she also had a severe asthmas attack during the collision and was transported back to the school by a paraprofessional and family friend. we would like to thank everyone for their prayers and calls. it was a scary situation for us since she suffers from a heart condition and seizures, along with other medical conditions.