One person has been taken to Newman Regional Health after a pickup rear-ended a Southern Lyon County school bus near Olpe on Thursday, although the Kansas Highway Patrol is not listing the incident as an injury wreck.
The wreck at the junction of Kansas Highway 99 and Kansas Road happened around 7:40 am, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Troopers confirm reports from Emporia Fire the bus was turning off K-99 when the truck rear-ended it.
The truck driver, 65-year-old Eldon Austin of Eureka, was extricated before coming to Newman Regional Health. The Highway Patrol says around 30 students were on the bus, which was headed to the Olpe school complex. Nobody on the bus was hurt, which was a relief to Olpe High Principal Shane Clark.
Trooper Rick Wingate says Austin suffered apparent medical issues, which could have developed Wednesday night. With the medical issues possibly involved, the case is being listed as a non-injury crash.
K-99 was closed right after the wreck but reopened about an hour afterward.
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One person has been taken to Newman Regional Health after a pickup rear-ended a school bus near Olpe on Thursday.
The wreck was originally reported at Lake Road and Kansas Street, just west of Olpe, around 7:45 am, but is now listed as the junction of Kansas Highway 99 and Kansas Road. Emporia Fire says the bus was turning off K-99 when the truck rear-ended it.
The truck driver was extricated before coming to Newman Regional Health. There is no current word on the number of students involved on the bus, which was headed to the Olpe school complex, but nobody on the bus was hurt.
K-99 was closed right after the wreck but has now reopened.
We’ll have additional details coming on KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media.
