NLR school bus, pickup collide

A North Little Rock School District bus is damaged Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, after a collision with a pickup in at Willow and Pershing in North Little Rock.
A North Little Rock School District bus is damaged Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, after a collision with a pickup in at Willow and Pershing in North Little Rock.

No children were hurt in a collision between a North Little Rock School District bus and a pickup Tuesday morning.

It happened about 7:20 a.m. at Willow Street and Pershing Boulevard. Officials on the scene said three children were on board the bus that was northbound on Willow Street when it collided with an eastbound pickup in the intersection. It’s unclear who was at fault.

Firefighters say the bus driver suffered a knot to the head that did not require hospitalization. The pickup driver was taken to the hospital; his condition was not known.

The bus was headed to Ridgeroad Middle School with the students, ages 11, 13 and 13.

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Firefighters clean up fluids in the intersection after a wreck Tuesday morning between a school bus and a pickup.

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A North Little Rock School District bus is damaged Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, after a collision with a pickup in at Willow and Pershing in North Little Rock.

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