Police: At least 6 students injured in school bus wreck in east Arkansas

FILE — This 2015 file photo shows public school buses. (AP Photo/File)
FILE — This 2015 file photo shows public school buses. (AP Photo/File)

At least six students were injured in a crash between a school bus and a commercial vehicle Friday morning in Craighead County, state police said.

Spokesman Bill Sadler said the preliminary investigation indicates a school bus hit the rear of the commercial vehicle around 9:30 a.m. on U.S. 63 in Bono.

Lawrence County School District Superintendent Terry Belcher said the bus, from his district, was taking high school students to a vocational program in Jonesboro.

Though state police said six were injured, Belcher said seven people, all students, were injured. It was not immediately clear Friday afternoon which total was correct.

Belcher and Sadler both said the injured were being treated and none have injuries that are believed to be life-threatening.

Belcher said the bus was being driven by the district's transportation director, who he said has extensive experience and was not injured in the crash.

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