LEWISTON – It was so cold Tuesday morning that 14 out of 42 school buses didn’t start or broke down, setting off a flurry of phone calls and social media messages to ensure students weren’t standing too long in the cold. The problem was frozen fuel lines. After pulling fuel filters on buses, “they were […]
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RSU 9 school bus, truck collide
FARMINGTON — No schoolchildren were injured Wednesday when a pickup truck and a RSU 9 school bus collided at a four-way stop intersection in West Farmington, Farmington police secretary Bonnie Pomeroy said Thursday. A Mazda pickup truck driven by Nicholas King, 16, of Weld was heading from Temple Road to Bridge Street, and a 2013 […]
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No one injured when school bus crashes into woods in Bridgton
BRIDGTON (AP) — No one has been injured after a school bus with children on board went off road and into the woods in Bridgton. WCSH-TV (http://on.wcsh6.com/SfWmSK ) is reporting the bus went off of Harrison Road, also known as Route 117, near an intersection with Blake Lane on Wednesday afternoon. The station reported that […]
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School bus driver hurt in Molunkus crash
MOLUNKUS — A Kingman school bus driver was taken to the hospital after she lost control of a bus on Route 2 in Molunkus Friday morning, according to the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office. Two students on the bus at the time were not injured. Marilyn Hersom, 75, was traveling south on Route 2 when she […]
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School bus driver fired after duct tape put on children’s mouths
SURRY — The bus driver who allegedly put “Hello Kitty” duct tape on students’ mouths when they were noisy is no longer transporting students, according to School Union 93 Superintendent Mark Hurvitt. The bus driver, whose name has not been made public, had been employed by First Student, the bus company contracted by the school […]
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Orono man dies after rear-ending school bus in Augusta
AUGUSTA (AP) — Police say the driver of a pickup truck that rear-ended a school bus in Augusta has died, but no one on the bus was hurt. Police Lt. Christopher Massey says the truck driven by 60-year-old Herbert LeBreton, of Orono, struck the rear of the bus at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday and got […]