MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A pickup truck hit a Marion County school bus and took off, the Florida Highway Patrol says, sending five Marion County students to an area hospital.
The crash happened Monday morning just before 8:30 a.m. in the area of Southeast 145th Street and Southeast 38th Terrace, in the Summerfield area.
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FHP says the school bus was picking up children when a white, blue, and orange pickup truck rear-ended the bus, then fled the area.
The bus was carrying 54 high school students. FHP says five suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital.
FHP is looking for the truck. If you have any information, you’re asked to contact FHP at *347, or call the FHP Ocala Station at 352-512-6634.