(PRESS RELEASE) ARTHUR — The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle injury crash involving a pedestrian and a school bus.
The crash occurred November 25 at 7:33 a.m. on County Road 209 near Township Road 184 in Auglaize Township in Paulding County.
The preliminary investigation revealed a Paulding Exempted Village Schools bus, operated by David E. Parrish, 65, Oakwood, was stopped in the southbound lane with its red lights flashing while picking up students.
A Jeep Patriot traveling northbound, operated by Jennifer R. Burgei, 26, Cloverdale, failed to yield to the stopped school bus and struck a student crossing the roadway. The Patriot then struck the school bus, before driving off the left side of the roadway.
Burgei, a juvenile student who was crossing the roadway and two students on the school bus all sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were transported by ground ambulance to ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted on scene by the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office, Auglaize Township Fire Department, Ayersville Fire Department, Defiance Fire and Rescue Division, Oakwood Volunteer Fire Department, Paulding Exempted Village Schools and R & O Services. The crash remains under investigation.