Police: 1 injured in crash involving school bus in Portage

Michael Oszust
·1 min read

PORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD) — Authorities say a woman was injured in a three-car crash involving a school bus in Portage.

The Portage Department of Public Safety said it happened around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Milham Avenue and Angling Road.

Investigators said it appears the Portage school bus rear-ended an eastbound vehicle on Milham Avenue that stopped for a traffic light at the intersection. The initial crash caused a second minor crash, according to a Portage Department of Public Safety news release.

The driver of the car hit by the school bus, a 46-year-old Kalamazoo woman, was taken to the hospital with injuries that police said were not considered life-threatening.

The school bus had 15 students onboard at the time of the crash, according to the release.

The crash remains under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call Portage police at 269.329.4567 or Silent Observer at 269.343.2100.

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