Driver Injured In Lombard School Bus Crash

LOMBARD, Ill. (CBS) ― A school bus driver was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning when the bus was involved in a crash in unincorporated Lombard.

Around 8 a.m., DuPage County sheriff’s deputies were sent to North Avenue and Swift Road, just west of the Veterans’ Memorial Tollway (I-355), for an accident involving a school bus.

The bus was headed westbound on North Avenue, attempting to make a left turn at an apartment complex west of Swift Road when it made contact with an eastbound car, DuPage County Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Dawn Domrose said.

It is unknown how they made contact, but there were no students on the bus at the time, according to a release from the sheriff’s office.

The school bus driver was taken to Adventist Glen Oaks Hospital in Glendale Heights with minor injuries.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

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