ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. — An Alamance Burlington School System employee was cited after a school bus crash involving three other vehicles Wednesday, according to police reports.
Police said the school bus driver, Michael Maness, 28, was responsible for the accident and was cited on-scene for failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision.
Officers said it happened around 3:55 p.m, and four students suffered from non-critical injuries and were treated by EMS on the scene.
Burlington police School bus driver and P.E. teacher at Smith Elementary, Maness, was driving South on NC-62 in a bus carrying 44 students from Williams High School. Maness crossed over the Hatchery Road intersection when he failed to slow down, running into a 2012 Toyota Camry. That's when the driver of the Camry ran into the back of a 2015 Chevrolet truck. Both drivers were stopped by a vehicle trying to turn left into a business, causing traffic to stop.
Police said Maness admitted he was distracted by people standing by a broken-down vehicle on the side of the road. By the time he put his focus back on the road, he didn't brake in time, driving at 40 mph.
The Chevrolet truck had minor damage, but the Toyota Camry was a total loss.
Maness is expected to appear in court on August 12.
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