KCSO: Thornapple Kellogg school bus overturns after being hit by car

GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The Kent County Sheriff's Office says a staff member on board a Thornapple Kellogg school bus was one of two people hospitalized Wednesday morning after a crash with a car.

It happened in the northbound lanes of the East Beltline in Grand Rapids Township just after 8 a.m. Sheriff's Sergeant Scott Dietrich tells WOOD Radio how it happened.

"The school bus was turning right, so northbound to the Beltline when it was struck by a northbound sedan," he said. "The injuries in the bus were to one of the staff members."

Dietrich says that person briefly lost consciousness. The driver of the car also suffered a head injury and some scrapes. The crash scene cleared around 11:30 a.m. There were three staff members and four students on the bus. None of the students was seriously injured.

WOOD-TV 8 has more details.

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