Charles County Public School bus with students aboard involved in crash

The Charles County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene of a school bus that collided with a passenger vehicle on Thursday morning.

CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - The Charles County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a school bus collided with a passenger vehicle on Thursday morning.

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The crash happened on MD-288 Berry Rd. near Middletown Rd. Police say an occupied school bus with students aboard collided with a passenger vehicle.

A preliminary investigation revealed the driver of the bus was attempting to make a U-turn from westbound Berry Rd. onto eastbound Berry Rd. when the passenger car collided with the bus, sending it into a guardrail.

The bus had 20 elementary school students on board. Three students on the bus, and the driver of the passenger car, were transported by ambulance to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the bus was not injured.