Troopers Investigate Crash South of Georgetown Involving a School Bus

Georgetown, DE – Troopers are investigating a crash between a pickup truck and a school bus the was occupied with students from a local high school.

The incident occurred around 3:00 p.m. Thursday October 29, 2015 as a 17-year-old Georgetown male was operating a 2003 Ford F250 pickup truck southbound on Wood Branch Road approaching the intersection with DuPont Boulevard (US113). Once the 17-year-old driver approached the posted yield sign at the intersection, he failed to stop for a northbound bus traveling in the right lane. George H. Haller, 81 of Millsboro, was operating a 2010 International School bus northbound in the right lane and attempted to avoid the truck by taking evasive action and swerving into the left lane just as the pickup truck crossed over the right lane and into the left lane. After the collision, both vehicles were able to come to a controlled stop on the northbound shoulder of US113.

The 17-year-old was properly restrained and uninjured in the crash. He was cited for Failure to Yield the Right of Way and Failure to Have Insurance in Possession.

George Haller and all but one of the 37 students from Sussex Central High School were uninjured in the collision. A 16-year-old female from Georgetown was transported to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital with minor non-life-threatening injuries.