December 15, 2023 - State Highway 7 West near CR 1245 was the scene of a two-vehicle crash involving a Center ISD school bus bring students back from an athletic event Thursday night, December 14, 2023.
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Emergency personnel with the West Shelby County Volunteer Fire Department, and Shelby County Sheriff's Department responded to the scene to assist those involve and to assist Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers as they investigated the incident.
According to details released by the Texas Department of Public Safety DPS, Troopers the preliminary crash investigation indicates that at approximately 9:10pm, a blue 2008 Ford F-150 driven by Sharon Rains, 56, of Center was traveling east in the right lane, while a Center ISD school bus [2009 IC BUS PC015] carrying a 13 total children and driven by Kevin Smith, 44, of Longview traveling east in the left lane. It is reported that the driver of the Ford made an unsafe lane change and struck the school bus. After impact, the Ford traveled into the ditch and overturned.
Rains was taken to a local hospital via personal vehicle for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
One student on the school bus was transported to a local hospital via personal vehicle for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
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According to DPS, this is an ongoing investigation, and no further information is available at this time; however, identifying information on the driver of the school bus has not yet been released.
