HERNANDO, Fla. – An 8-year-old girl died when the car she was riding in crashed into the back of a school bus in north Florida.
The bus was carrying 30 Citrus High School students when the crash happened Thursday afternoon in Hernando, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
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The bus had stopped and activated its lights to let students get off the bus when a 75-year-old man failed to stop and crashed into it, troopers said in a crash report.
The child was not wearing a seat belt and later died from injuries suffered in the crash, troopers said.
Students on the bus were not injured.
John Stewart, the chaplain at a nearby VFW, told WFLA he was shocked by the crash.
“To look out here and see what happened and found out it’s a child that passed away," he said. “Of course we were worried about the trauma of the kids on the bus, too.”
The driver and a 10-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries, troopers said.
An investigation continues.