(Weatherford, TX) — State troopers are investigating a weekend traffic accident involving a school bus and a car in Parker County.
The crash happened shortly after 9:30 Saturday night on FM 51 near Wilson Lane, just outside Weatherford. The DPS says the driver of a car crossed the center line of FM 51 and ran head-on into the Bridgeport ISD bus, which overturned. The bus carrying the Bridgeport 9th grade girls’ basketball team was returning home after a tournament in Granbury.
A coach and five members of the team were taken to nearby hospitals as a precaution. The driver of the car was flown to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.