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Lafayette parish school bus rear-ended in Youngsville, no injuries reported

Posted at 7:15 AM, Aug 09, 2018
and last updated 2018-08-09 08:15:01-04

A truck rear-ended a bus this morning in the Youngsville area, according to LPSS Chief Administrative Officer Joe Craig.

The accident happened at 5:55 am in the Youngsville area. Craig did not confirm the exact streets where the crash occurred, but viewers have said that it happened on Hwy. 89 near Piat Rd.

Craig says that the bus was on a Lafayette High School gifted route and that only half of the students were on the bus at the time. There are no reports of injuries and parents have already been contacted.

LPSS has alerted riders of this bus that it will not be running.