The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office has released its police report on the school bus accident that took place on Tuesday morning in Panama and sent four students to the hospital for non life-threatening injuries. Officers say the driver of the bus was Betty J. Bayle of Stateline Rd., Clymer and was charged with Failing to Maintain Lane. Panama Fire, Ashville Fire and Lakewood Fire all assisted at the scene.
On 3-4-14 at about 8:20 AM the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the scene of a personal injury school bus crash on Rt 474 near Panama. The investigation showed that a Clymer School bus ( #131 ) was traveling west on Rt 474 about 2 miles West of the Village of Panama when for no apparent reason went off the roadway. The bus went of the north side of the road, traveled about 500 feet through the roadside ditch before hitting a driveway culvert which caused the bus to go airborne. The bus landed nose down in a earth embankment causing the hood to be torn off. At the time of the crash there were 8 – Clymer Central School students on the bus that were being transported to Ashville Boces. Four of the eight students were transported to WCA Hospital by local fire department’s with non – life threatening injuries, the operator of the bus was uninjured. The bus driver was charged with Failing to Maintain Lane and will be back in the Town of Harmony Court at a later date. Additional charges may be pending the outcome of the investigation.
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