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DATE: 9-04-08
TIME: 8:17 A.M.
LOCATION: Colorado 34 at The intersection of Yuma County Road "H"
approximately 2 miles east of Yuma, CO.
On 9-4-08 Troopers have responded to the intersection of Colorado 34 and Yuma County Road "H".
Preliminary reports have indicated that a Yuma County School District#1 bus has rear-ended a truck-tractor pulling a semi trailer at the intersection.
The truck tractor was eastbound on Colorado 34 making a left hand turn onto Yuma County Road "H'. The school bus was also traveling eastbound on Colorado 34 and struck the rear of the semi trailer. The school bus had twelve students on board and all including the bus driver have been transported to the Yuma District Hospital in Yuma, CO. The school bus driver had to be extricated and has sustained injuries. The injuries to the student have been listed as minor to moderate.
The Colorado State Patrol's Accident Reconstruction Team is currently responding to the scene.

More information will be released as it becomes available.
 
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