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One student was injured Tuesday morning when a Portland school bus was hit from behind by a tractor-trailer.

The bus was stopped in the left-hand turn lane at the intersection of Washington and Allen avenues just before 8 a.m. Tuesday when it was hit, according to Portland police. There were 15 students and a driver on the bus at the time.

One student was taken to Maine Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Police did not immediately release details about the driver of the truck, who has not been cited.

The crash is still under investigation, according to police.

Gillian Graham is a general assignment reporter for the Portland Press Herald. A lifelong Mainer and graduate of the University of Southern Maine, she has worked as a journalist since 2005 and joined the...