One person was killed Thursday morning in a collision between an SUV and a school bus in south DeKalb County.
DeKalb police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said the bus was stopped at the intersection of Panthersville and Oakvale roads about 7:20 a.m. when, according to witnesses, a black sport utility vehicle approached “at a high rate of speed” and slammed into the back of the bus.
The SUV driver died, Parish said.
She told the AJC that the bus driver and the one student on the bus were uninjured. The bus was headed to nearby Oak View Elementary School.
The identity of the deceased SUV driver, an adult male, was not immediately available.
Panthersville Road was shut down in both directions while authorities investigated and cleared the wreck.
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