{"id":18215,"date":"2023-05-08T18:04:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T18:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=18215"},"modified":"2023-05-08T18:04:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T18:04:26","slug":"driver-hospitalized-after-school-bus-crashes-into-home-in-west-mifflin-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=18215","title":{"rendered":"Driver hospitalized after school bus crashes into home in West Mifflin &#8211; WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. &#8211; A school bus driver was taken to a hospital after a bus crashed into a home in West Mifflin Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">PHOTOS: School bus crashes into home in West Mifflin<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Allegheny County dispatchers said firefighters and medics were called to the 1500 block of Homestead Duquesne Road at 3:25 p.m.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: A school bus plowed into a West Mifflin home on Homestead-Duquesne Rd.  Emergency officials say one person was taken to the hospital by ambulance.  It is unclear if there were any students on the bus at the time of the crash.  There is various structural damage to the home. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WPXI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a9wEezkkw1\">pic.twitter.com\/a9wEezkkw1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pete DeLuca WPXI (@PeteDeLucaTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteDeLucaTV\/status\/1649154778587332608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 20, 2023<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Video obtained by Channel 11 shows the school bus careening down the road, hitting a parked car and plowing into the front of the house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Thamer Collins lives two doors down from where the bus crashed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">His car was the first of several to be hit by the bus before it came to rest partially inside the house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">&#8220;It was amazing. It was like Fast and Furious,&#8221; Collins said.  &#8220;I heard the impact, I looked outside, the van was on its side and the bus was in the house.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">The superintendent of the West Mifflin Area School District said there were no students on the bus when it crashed.  The bus driver had just graduated from the district high school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">The driver is expected to be OK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">&#8220;She jumped off the back of the bus. She was dazed, a little confused, but she didn&#8217;t look like she was seriously hurt,&#8221; Collins said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">11 News was told there was severe structural damage to the home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Follow the news of Channel 11 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> i <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.  |  Watch WPXI NOW<\/p>\n<p>MAIN STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92023 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/least-1-injured-after-school-bus-crashes-into-house-west-mifflin\/EQBBX4TCRBADHIUS3WQ7HYUFHE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. &#8211; A school bus driver was taken to a hospital after a bus crashed into a home in West Mifflin Thursday afternoon. PHOTOS: School bus crashes into home in West Mifflin Allegheny County dispatchers said firefighters and medics were called to the 1500 block of Homestead Duquesne Road at 3:25 p.m. BREAKING: A school bus plowed into a West Mifflin home on Homestead-Duquesne Rd. Emergency officials say one person was taken to the hospital by ambulance. It is unclear if there were any students on the bus at the time of the crash. 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