An accident involving a Metcalfe County school bus has left the driver of another vehicle dead.
None of the 34 children aboard the bus or the bus driver appear to have suffered serious injuries.
A statement released from the Metcalfe County School District says the accident took place Thursday around 3 p.m. on Highway 1243, about two miles outside Edmonton. The bus was traveling northbound when a van driven by Alicia Thurmond, 31, hit the bus head-on.
Thurmond was later pronounced dead.
The statement says bus driver David Holley was able to get all of the children safely off the bus.
Sixteen students were transported by ambulances to TJ Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow. Eighteen students were picked up at the scene by parents or guardians. Some parents chose to transport their child to the hospital by private means.
The statement issued by Metcalfe County Schools thanked Penny Groce, a Metcalfe County resident who helped care for the students before first-responders were able to arrive.