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December 11, 2006

Car-school bus collision in Johnston injures driver

JOHNSTON – The police are still investigating a car-school bus crash this morning that left the driver of the car hospitalized.

None of the teenagers on the Johnston High School bus were injured, Deputy Police Chief Gary W. Maddocks Jr. said this afternoon.

The crash occurred at 6:57 a.m. today at the intersection of Hartford Avenue and Memorial Avenue, Maddocks said. After the collision, the 1994 Buick came to a stop about 35 feet east of Memorial Avenue, in the left eastbound lane of Hartford Avenue with heavy front-end damage. The bus came to a stop about 35 feet east of Memorial Avenue in the right eastbound lane, also with front-end damage, Maddocks said.

The driver of the Buick -- Florida Sepe, 67, of 200 Cantone Drive in Johnston -- was taken to Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, where her condition was not immediately available. The bus driver – Wendy Lacombe, 34, of 68 Scituate Ave. in Johnston – was not injured, Maddocks said.

The police are still trying to determine the cause of the crash. They have conflicting accounts from the drivers and a witness of what happened, Maddocks said.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

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