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Tree limb breaks through school bus window, hits passenger

A tree limb broke through a school bus window and hit a passenger after the vehicle backed into a tree.
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A tree limb broke through a school bus window and hit a passenger after the vehicle backed into a tree.

It was around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, 2016 when the 54-year-old bus driver from Sterling, Illinois was backing the bus into a driveway on Penrose Road and hit a tree, according to the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Department.  When the crash happened, about a third of a mile east of Coleta Road, a tree limb broke off, went through a window, and hit a passenger inside the bus.

Police say the passenger was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.

Investigators were still looking into the incident.

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