HIGHLANDS, Florida — A school bus and a car were involved in a head-on crash Wednesday morning in Pasco County.
Pasco Fire Rescue said the crash happened near Kitten Trail at Oakwood Drive in Highlands. Fire Rescue crews said the driver of the car had to be extricated and taken to the hospital as a trauma alert.
Crews said there were three kids on the bus at the time of the crash. They had minor injuries, refused transport to a hospital and were released to their parents.
The Florida Highway Patrol said a 2007 two-door Pontiac was traveling northbound on Kitten Trail and drifted into the southbound lane. A 2006 Pasco County School school bus was traveling southbound on Kitten Trail north of Oakwood Drive when the vehicles collided head-on.
The students, ages 14-18, were going to Hudson High School and Hudson Middle School, according to Pasco County Schools spokesperson Linda Cobbe.
Pasco County Fire Rescue spokesperson Corey Dierdorff said the three students injured were high school aged. Dierdroff said they had minor cuts and scrapes.
Fire Rescue said the driver of the school bus was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the Pontiac was taken to the hospital and is in serious condition.
Kitten Trail was shut down until around 8:30 a.m.
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