Three Injured In Beth Center School Bus Crash

January 11, 2024 9:23 am

Three people, including two students, were transported by ambulance to Washington Hospital following a crash involving a Beth Center School District bus Thursday morning.  Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers say it happened around 8:45 a.m. in the 23-hundred block of Beallsville Road in West Bethlehem Township.  State Trooper Forrest Allison of the Washington Barracks tells WJPA News the bus, carrying elementary school students, was stopped when the other vehicle struck it from behind, ran off the roadway, hit a tombstone, and ended up hitting a nearby house.  Trooper Allison says the driver of that vehicle was transported by ambulance from the scene.  A juvenile passenger in the vehicle was not injured. Two students on the bus were also transported by ambulance.  Trooper Allison says a dozen-or-so other students on the bus were placed on a different school bus and taken to Washington Hospital for evaluation.