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Nearly a dozen people were taken to local hospitals Thursday morning after a school bus and SUV collided in east Charlotte, North Carolina.
First responders arrived just after 8 a.m. at The Plaza and Barrington Drive, and witnesses told WSOC-TV that a SUV crashed into a school bus.
Police said a Cadillac Escalade, driven by Shaquilla Miller, was eastbound in the left-turn lane on The Plaza, failed to stop for the red traffic light and collided with the bus, which was headed south on Barrington Drive.
The bus then crashed into some trees in front of a nearby apartment complex.
Police said when they arrived on scene the SUV was on fire.
MEDIC said 10 people were taken to Carolinas Medical Center with minor injuries: eight students and the bus driver, as well as Miller.
“You need to pay attention, because she never applied her brakes, so she couldn't have seen the bus,” Boyce Alexander said.
Police had the road blocked while they investigated.
Another witness saw the crash happen and helped get students off the bus. The witness told WSOC-TV that it did not appear that any children were seriously hurt.
CMS said eight students were on the bus and were taken to the hospital as a precaution. They said the bus driver suffered minor injuries.
The bus was heading to John Motley Morehead STEM Academy, which is a K-8 school.
Police have not said whether anyone faces charges.
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