Hartsville, IN—Saturday morning Bartholomew County Sherriff deputies were dispatched to East SR 46 for a head-on collision between a New Castle Community School Corporation school bus and a Ford SUV.
The bus contained the girls’ gymnastics team on their way to regional competition in Columbus. All of the student members of the gymnastic team were checked on the scene by Columbus Regional Health-EMS and released. An assistant coach of the team was transported to Columbus Regional Hospital for rib pain. The driver of the SUV was entrapped in the vehicle and after being extricated from his vehicle by Hartsville and Columbus Fire crews, he was transported to IU Methodist by Lifeline medical helicopter, the extent of his injuries are unknown at this time.
The accident is being reconstructed by BCSO and Indiana State Police and is still under investigation.
