Forty-three Arlington school kids had a slight detour on the way to school Monday morning, after a vehicle collided with the back of their bus at an intersection.
A Jeep driven by a 16-year-old boy hit the back of the bus at the intersection of Arlington Heights Road and Jordan Road north of Arlington at 7:21 a.m., said Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen.
No one was hurt, she said, though the two airbags in the Jeep deployed. The bus passengers, middle school and high school students, were put on another bus and taken to school.
The bus had stopped and was picking up a student at the intersection just before the collision, Jorgensen said. The driver of the Jeep will be cited for following too close, she said.
The accident is a reminder for motorists to be careful as school buses return to local roads, Jorgensen said.
"Just be very cautious. School is in session. There will be kids in the crosswalks and on the roadways," she said.
From Herald staff reports
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