Map showing location of the school bus crash in Cridersville on April 3, 2024.
CRIDERSVILLE, OH (WLIO) - Only minor injuries in a crash involving a school bus and an SUV in the village of Cridersville this morning.
Cridersville police report that an SUV rear-ended a Wapakoneta school bus picking up high school students just before 7 a.m. Both vehicles were heading west, just past the intersection of West Main Street and Shawnee Road. The only injury was the driver of the SUV, who was transported to Saint Rita's Medical Center as a precaution.
The school sent another bus, which students transferred onto, and the Ohio State Patrol is inspecting the damaged bus before it can be put back into service. The crash remains under investigation, and no citation has been issued.
