The driver of a garbage truck was seriously injured in a crash Thursday involving a school bus and another vehicle in Milton, police said.
The wreck shut down parts of Batesville and Birmingham roads around 3 p.m. and resulted in the school bus tipping over on its side, Milton police Chief Rich Austin said. The cab of the garbage truck was ripped away from the rest of the vehicle.
No children were on the bus. The driver, who was taken to the hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, was the only person inside. The garbage truck driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, and an update on their condition was not provided.
The driver of the third vehicle, a pickup truck, was not reported injured.
While the cause of the crash remains under investigation and no charges have been filed, a spokesperson for Fulton County Schools said that the collision stands as a reminder for drivers to be aware of buses returning to the roads for the start of the new school year.
“Every day on the job, Fulton County Schools bus drivers are focused on safely delivering our students to school and back home again,” chief operations officer Noel Maloof said. “We ask all drivers in our community to be just as dedicated and aware of the school buses and to drive carefully.”
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