An elderly school bus driver took evasive actions after police say a teenager ignored a yield sign along a Delaware roadway.
The bus – filled with 37 Sussex Central High School students – unfortunately still struck the teen’s Ford F250 pickup truck at Wood Branch Road and DuPont Boulevard (U.S. Route 113) around 3 p.m. Thursday, said Delaware State Police.
Investigators said the 17-year-old pickup truck driver was turning from the southbound lanes on Wood Branch when he failed to yield to the northbound traveling bus. George Haller, 81, was behind the wheel of the bus and swerved to avoid the truck moments before the vehicles collided, coming to rest in the northbound shoulder of U.S. 113.
A 16-year-old girl on the bus was treated for minor injuries, said police. No one else was hurt.
Police charged the teen with failure to yield and failure to have proof of insurance on hand.
Police said that both vehicles were able to be driven away from the scene.
