Published: February 24, 2009 09:50 am            

One is hurt in bus/van wreck

Monticello — No students were injured in a two-vehicle collision on Friday, February

20, that included a Wayne County school bus and a van. According to Kentucky

State Police, the accident was reported at 4:09 p.m. at the intersection of

KY 92 and KY 3284.

According to Kentucky State Police Trooper Parrish Baker, the Wayne

County bus, which was operated by Paula Koger, 46, of Monticello, was

turning onto KY 92 from KY 3284, when it struck another vehicle in the side.

The second vehicle, a 1998 Ford van driven by Mary Bell, 61, of

Monticello, was eastbound on KY 92 when it was struck, causing it to leave

the roadway and come to rest in the eastbound lane.

Neither Koger nor the 21 students on the bus received any injuries.

Bell was not injured, but her passenger, Chadwick Bell, 62, of

Monticello, was transported to the Wayne County Hospital for treatment of

minor injuries.

Seat belts were in use and no drug or alcohol involvement is suspected,

according to Baker.

Baker was assisted at the scene by the Wayne County EMS.

        

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