BREAKING – Winston County Bus Overturns; No Serious Injuries

WINSTON COUNTY (WCBI) – It was an intense scene in Winston County Tuesday evening when a car crashed into a school bus carrying more than a dozen students.

A total of 17 people were on the school bus during the time of the accident, including the driver.

This all unfolded around 5 P.M.

According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the school bus was traveling westbound and the Dodge Charger was heading eastbound when the two collided.

The bus turned over on its side and the charger came to rest in a ditch off the side of the road.

Mississippi Highway Patrol Master Sgt. Criss Turnipseed said two people on the on bus were transported to Louisville Medical with minor injuries, and the driver of the car was transported to Winston Medical Center with moderate injuries.

“When the crash happened it was right after a pretty heavy rain, it was kind of one of thos rain storms that happens, the driver of the charger claimed that he had hydroplaned and lost control of the vehicle,” said Turnipseed. “The charger was traveling eastbound, and the school bus was traveling westbound. The driver of the charger claimed to have lost control of the vehicle, and hit the side of the school bus causing the school bus to lose control. The Dodge Charger left the highway here on 490 here right at the intersection of Enon Road, and the school bus traveled approximately 200 feet or so, 250 feet, west before it left the highway and it rolled over.”

The bus was carrying Nanih Waiya cheerleaders who were traveling to Sebastopol to support the junior high school football team.

William White, 51, of Louisville has been identified as the driver of the school bus and Beason Cooper II, 20, of Louisville was driving the Dodge Charger.

This accident remains under investigation.