Dramatic crash leaves convertible wedged under bus carrying 60 kids, SC cops say
A red convertible crashed into the back of a school bus carrying 60 students in South Carolina Wednesday morning, police said.
Dramatic photos show a Mazda Miada wedged under the back of the bus with the bus bumper through the windshield in Greenville.
“One student complained of soreness” from the crash, police said, but the rest of the Beck Academy students were unhurt.
The driver of the car was trapped and had to be cut from the convertible, police said.
Police charged 62-year-old Dennis Wade Allen, of Greenville, with following too closely, the department said Wednesday afternoon. “Allen’s 1993 Mazda Miata suffered significant damage following the accident,” police said.
“Initially, Allen was entrapped, but he miraculously survived the collision with only minor injuries after being extracted from the vehicle by Greenville City Fire Department personnel,” the department said.
Greenville police said the crash happened at about 8 a.m.
One person died earlier this month when a car and a school bus crashed in Laurens County, South Carolina, The State newspaper reported.
There were no students on the bus at the time of the Sept. 10 crash, according to The State.
This story was originally published September 25, 2019 at 9:52 AM.
