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Story by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
Novemebr 3, 2021 at 7:16 AM

UPDATE AT 2:35 pm  We now know that the bus driver was a male who is the father of young kids that worked for the company for several years and the student victim was a female. There was also believed to be 10 students on the bus.
(Muddy Creek Twp., Pa.) Two people were killed as the result of an accident involving a Rhodes Transit School bus that was transporting students home to the Hermitage area from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center yesterday afternoon, November 2, 2021. The bus rear ended a semi truck along interstate 79 near the 422 exit in Muddy Creek Township, Butler County. The 31-year-old driver of the bus along with a 14-year-old student were both killed in the wreck. Multiple people were taken to the hospital.
Pa State State Police say “severe to moderate” injuries were reported from the bus. Passengers were taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital by medical helicopter and ambulance and UPMC Presby by ambulance.
The names of the victims have not been released at this time at state police continue to investigate.
I-79 northbound was closed for hours because of the investigation. It reopened just before 5 a.m. Wednesday.