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SUV, School Bus Collide In Head-On Crash

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Tom Sofield
Credit: Penndel Fire Company

A head-on crash badly damaged a vehicle and a Neshaminy School District bus Monday morning.

The district school bus and a Ford Explorer collided head-on on Durham Road in the area of the I-95 overpass in Middletown shortly before 7:30 a.m.

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Police said the 53-year-old man driving the Ford suffered chest pains and numbness of his leg. The bus driver and four students avoided serious injury, but one student was treated for a bloody nose.

Credit: Penndel Fire Company

The SUV driver told officers his vehicle lost control after hitting snow or ice and slammed into the bus, causing significant damage to both vehicles, police said.

The students were transferred to another bus following the crash.

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In addition to police, the Penndel Fire Company and Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad responded to the scene.

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.