PANAMA CITY — A driver has been charged with careless driving after a collision with a school bus on U.S. 231, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
No injuries were reported from the incident. But there were 40 children on the bus, plus the driver, at the time of the crash, officers said.
John Yates, 50, was stopped in a Bay County school bus Monday at about 3 p.m. at the stop sign of Cato Road and U.S. 231 facing eastbound. Yates was stopped behind a 2010 Toyota Camry, which was being driven by 42-year-old Donna Melvin. Melvin attempted to turn right (South) onto U.S. 231 but stopped because it was unsafe to merge into the outside travel lane on U.S. 231, FHP reported.
Yates was following behind the Camry, and the front bumper of the bus struck the car’s rear bumper, officers reported.
Neither the drivers nor the children reported injuries, FHP reported.
The bus driver was charged with careless driving.