The driver of a Pennsbury School District bus that crashed into a wooded embankment in Middletown on Friday afternoon suffered a medical emergency in the moments leading up the crash, authorities say.
According to state police, the 77-year-old Morrisville man driving the bus blacked out on the highway in the area of the Durham Road overpass. An accident report says the driver suffered a “diabetic condition.”
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No one aside from the driver was on board, police said.
The accident happened around 1:40 p.m. and only involved the bus. Traffic delays on southbound I-95 were reported as first respondents arrived to the scene.
The bus driver was taken to St. Mary Medical Center by ambulance for treatment.
