COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Twenty-four children were on-board a Suwannee County school bus that got into an accident Tuesday morning. The accident occurred at 9:20 a.m. on US Highway 27 in Columbia County.
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A pickup truck, driven by a 36-year-old Lake Butler man, was traveling north on US Highway 27 when a water heater fell out of the back in the path of a school bus traveling behind it, a Florida Highway Patrol news release states.
“The driver of [the bus] reacted by steering to the right but struck the water heater with its front left tire,” the news release states.
No injuries were reported.
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