{"id":167068,"date":"2026-04-16T00:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167068\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:47:06","slug":"ohio-state-highway-patrol-3-injured-after-perkins-local-school-bus-involved-in-four-vehicle-crash-in-erie-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167068\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State Highway Patrol: 3 injured after Perkins Local School bus involved in four-vehicle crash in Erie County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 52 passengers were on the bus at the time of the crash. The two students and one adult who were injured were transported to a local hospital. <\/p>\n<p>ERIE COUNTY, Ohio \u2014 A four-vehicle crash involving a school bus occurred Wednesday afternoon in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Perkins Township<\/a>, where two students and an adult sustained injuries, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>According to a release from the OSHP, the crash happened just after 4 p.m. on Perkins Avenue near Bayview Lane.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Troopers say the crash took place after a Ram 1500 failed to \u201cmaintain an assured clear distance,\u201d causing the 40-year-old driver to strike the back of a Perkins Local School bus.<\/p>\n<p>The school bus, operated by a 66-year-old driver, was slowing down for traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the impact, the bus moved forward, crashing into a Buick, which then crashed into another Buick. Both drivers of the Buicks, ages 68 and 83, did not sustain injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The OSHP says 52 passengers were on the school bus at the time of the incident. The two students who suffered minor injuries were transported to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Ram sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was also transported to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A total of 52 passengers were on the bus at the time of the crash. The two students&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-167068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}