Three special needs students were taken to the hospital after a driver rear-ended their school bus on Route 40 in Cecil County Tuesday.
Maryland State Police said the school bus was parked on the right shoulder of westbound Pulaski Highway without flashing red signals activated. Matthew Bailey, 30, the driver of a Hyundai Sonata, drove off the road and hit the parked school bus for reasons unknown.
Police said Bailey may have been distracted by a cell phone when he crashed into the bus.
Both lanes of Pulaski Highway were shut down for approximately 45 minutes. One lane is now open while crash cleanup continues, police said.
UPDATE: SCHOOL BUS CRASH blocks WB Rt.40 @ Wilderness Rd. #Elkton #CecilCounty Kids aboard bus. Injuries unknown. pic.twitter.com/rr2ckL8cDW
— ABC2 Traffic (@MarylandTraffic) June 13, 2017
CRASH (SCHOOL BUS VS.SEDAN) WB Rt.40 CLOSED nr.Wilderness Rd. Kids aboard bus. Inj.unknown #NorthEast #CecilCounty pic.twitter.com/3dBPx0L5xe
— ABC2 Traffic (@MarylandTraffic) June 13, 2017
SCHOOL BUS INVOLVED IN #CecilCounty CRASH-1700blk Pulaski Hwy.Kids aboard bus.Injuries unknown #NorthEast @ABC2News pic.twitter.com/YM3tGBmtmz
— ABC2 Traffic (@MarylandTraffic) June 13, 2017
Car crashed into a school bus with special needs students stopped on shoulder of Pulaski Hwy. 3 kids transported to hospital. @ABC2NEWS pic.twitter.com/wlPnP4KCdg
— Cassie Carlisle (@CassieABC2) June 13, 2017
State Police: Driver of Hundai Sonata may have been distracted by cell phone when crashed into parked school bus. He and 3kids @ hospital.
— Cassie Carlisle (@CassieABC2) June 13, 2017
