TOWN OF ANIWA, WI (WTAQ) – A school bus and a vehicle collided Monday morning in Shawano County, which resulted in multiple minor injuries.
The incident happened around 7:30 AM in the town of Aniwa when a school bus was struck by a vehicle that failed to stop at a stop sign.
The bus was traveling east on Church Road and the vehicle struck the bus near the driver side engine compartment after it ran through the intersection from Sugarbush Road.
The bus was pushed off the roadway and slid into a ditch due to the impact of the collision.
The school bus driver and two children were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, while the driver of the vehicle was treated at the scene.
Wittenberg-Birnamwood School Superintendent Garrett Rogowski says the entire scene could have been much worse if it weren’t for the quick reactions of the school bus driver.
“I think she did a great job,” he says. “She got all the way over to the right side of the road, saw the impact coming, and did everything she could to minimize any risk, as much as possible, to our students.”
Children without injuries were taken to school.
Leaking fluid forced the Birnamwood Fire Department to be called to the scene as a precautionary measure.
The crash remains under investigation.
