School Bus Sideswiped On 104A

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                    STATE OF VERMONT
                DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
                  VERMONT STATE POLICE
 
PRESS RELEASE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
               
CASE#:13A201185
TROOPER: S/TRP Campagne                                                       
STATION:  VSP St Albans                   
CONTACT#:524-5993
 
DATE/TIME:3/13/13 1521
LOCATION: RTE 104A  Fairfax VT
 
VEHICLE #1
OPERATOR: Heather Menard
AGE:     41
SEAT BELT? Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE:  St Albans VT
 
DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE:  Georgia Elementary School bus
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE: minimal. Mirror torn off
 
VEHICLE #2 Unknown
OPERATOR:                                                       
AGE:     
SEAT BELT? Y N
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE:
 
DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE:
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE:
 
INJURIES
V # / NAME / CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE / AGE / SEAT BELT? / NATURE OF INJURY
1 Juvenile with minor superficial injuries. Treated and released at the scene
 
HOSPITAL: none                             
WEATHER: Cloudy and cold         
ROAD COND: Dry
 
SUMMARY OF CRASH: A Georgia Elementary School bus was traveling north on RTE 104A in Fairfax VT. As it crossed the bridge near Arrowhead Mountain Lake it was sideswiped by a tractor trailer that was traveling south. The tractor trailer impacted the buses mirror. The mirror shattered causing glass to shower the inside of the bus causing minor injury to 1 juvenile. The tractor trailer continued on without stopping. The bus stopped and the school was contacted per their standard operating procedure. Vermont State Police and Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles responded to the scene.
 
S/TPR Andy Campagne
Troop A, St Albans Barracks
140 Fisher Pond Rd
St Albans, VT 05478
PH: (802) 524-5993
FAX: (802) 527-1150