WAYNE COUNTY, MO – The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that five children were injured in a bus accident in southeast Missouri on Monday afternoon.
The crash happened along Highway PP about 15 miles west of Wappapello at 3:55 p.m.
According to state police, a 53-year-old Poplar Bluff woman was driving a 2017 Bluebird bus northbound when the vehicle ran off the road and crashed into a tree.
Minor injuries were reported for the five children on board, a 12-year-old girl and four boys, ages 6, 8, 9, and 10. The five, all residents of Williamsville, Missouri, were transported by private conveyance to the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. The bus driver was not hurt.
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