Schoolchildren Safe Following Two-Vehicle Crash on Hurst Street

January 7, 2015 - Schoolchildren involved in a two-vehicle crash with a school bus and passenger car are safe tonight following the incident which took place on Hurst Street in Center.

The Center Fire Department arrived on scene at 3:46pm on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 and used jaws of life to help extricate the driver of a white Ford from her vehicle in front of Brookshire Brothers Grocery store. ACE EMS was on scene and moved the driver to an ambulance as members of the Shelby County Sheriff's Department, Center ISD police officers and Center Police officers worked traffic control.

According to Center Police Officer Maegan Wright, Janet Glenn, 52, of Tenaha was traveling south on Hurst Street in a Center ISD bus full of schoolchildren. As the school bus was in front of Brookshire Brothers a white Ford four-door driven by Sandra Bray, 66, with passenger Elmer Bray, both of Timpson, pulled in front of the school bus causing the school bus to collide with the driver's side of the Ford.


ACE EMS transported Bray from the scene to the NMC Center Emergency Department helipad where she was life-flighted to LSU Hospital for treatment.

None of the schoolchildren were reported to have been injured as a result of the crash and were all safely moved from bus 15 to school bus 18 for transport.

Members of the Center Police Department, Shelby County Sheriff's Department, and Center ISD Police Department worked together providing traffic control at the scene.

No citations have been issued at this time.