Police: Impaired driver responsible for causing crash involving school bus

Yellow tape ropes off an accident scene
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Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) – Las Vegas Metro Police say a woman driving impaired caused a crash involving a school bus on Monday morning in the central valley.

The crash happened just after 6am on Lindell, just south of Sahara. Investigators say the driver of a white sedan ran a stop sign and hit the bus. The force off the accident sent the bus off the road into a tree.

There were six students on the bus at the time of the accident. None of them suffered serious injuries. The bus driver is said to have suffered a possible broken leg.

The bus belongs to the private Nevada Prep Charter School.

The woman who caused ran the stop sign wasn’t seriously hurt. She now faces several charges.

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