School Bus Crash Under Investigation In Parker County

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(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.