UPDATED: SUV Slams Into School Bus, Shuts Down Southbound Gallows Road
Fairfax County police say no injuries reported by Shrevewood Elementary School students Wednesday; SUV driver slightly injured.
Updated 7:03 p.m.: The bus and students were coming from Shrevewood Elementary School, FCPS Spokesman John Torre told Patch. Original: An SUV slammed "head on" into a school bus Wednesday afternoon on rain-slicked roads in Merrifield, but no serious injuries are reported, Fairfax County Police say. Police received a call about the crash at 4:23 p.m. Wednesday. The crash — which occurred near the intersection of Gallows Road and Park Tower Drive, about two blocks south of the Dunn Loring Metro Station — has closed down southbound Gallows Road during rush hour, Fairfax County Police spokesman Don Gotthardt said. Students were being taken off of the damaged school bus and boarding a second school bus, believed to be a Fairfax County Public …
Bob
11:56 am on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Not sure what the cause of this accident might have been, but many area residents have absolutely no respect for our school buses. My son catches a bus on LR Turnpike and one morning out of five cars speed by ignoring the bus propelled stop sign and lights. Police, are you listening? more ›