PHOTOS: Highway Patrol troopers were responding to a two-vehicle crash involving a school bus and another car, both of which caught fire. According to Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office, the call came in about a school bus crash with another car and on fire on Lower Rocky River Road near Morrison Road. Highway Patrol received the call at 2:51 p.m.
There were no kids on board at the time of the crash. The bus responds to Hickory Ridge Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. Three people in the car and the school bus driver were transported to an area hospital for minor injuries. The extent of their injuries is unknown at this time.
Investigators are still working to determine the cause of the crash.