JACKSON COUNTY, Ohio — The Jackson Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a bus crash that occurred Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened shortly before 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Erwin and C, H, & D Roads in Jackson County. According to the patrol, the 64-year-old driver, Ruth Hoyt,...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ohio — The Jackson Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a bus crash that occurred Wednesday afternoon.
The accident happened shortly before 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Erwin and C, H, & D Roads in Jackson County.
According to the patrol, the 64-year-old driver, Ruth Hoyt, of Jackson, was driving a school bus for the Oak Hill Union Local Schools, when she attempted to turn westbound onto Erwin Road.
Troopers say Hoyt drove off the left side of Erwin Road and struck a fence before becoming stuck in a ditch. There were no children on the bus at the time of the crash.