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Jan 29, 2021 4:08 AM
State police have issued the report on a school bus crash on Tuesday morning on Chestnut Ridge Road in Burrell Township.
Police say the bus carrying five Blairsville Elementary students was driven by 55-year-old Tina Bollinger of Blairsville, who lost control on the icy road as she rounded a left-hand curve, striking a small embankment and a tree alongside the road before coming to rest across both lanes of traffic.
Bollinger and an 8-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene by Citizens Ambulance EMTs. The four other passengers ranged in age from 6 to 9 and none were injured.
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Minor injuries were reported after a Blairsville-Saltsburg School District bus slid off an icy road Tuesday morning and crashed, according to Trooper Cliff Greenfield.
The crash was reported at 8:30 a.m. along Chestnut Ridge Road in Burrell Township, Indiana County.
Five students were aboard at the time, Greenfield said. The bus slid off the road and hit an embankment and tree just over the Westmoreland County line.
Troopers at the scene reported icy road conditions, he said.
A winter weather advisory for that area expired at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The National Weather Service in Moon said some parts of the area could see freezing rain.
A fully-involved attached-garage fire Tuesday severely damaged a Saddle River home.
The three-alarm fire broke out at the 2½-story Cortland Drive home off Chestnut Ridge Road around 3:45 p.m.
Firefighters had it doused in under 20 minutes. No injuries were reported.
Park Ridge, Montvale and Washington Township firefighters were among the mutual responders.
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