Auburn school bus crashes into power pole
Sep 26, 2012, 3:35 PM | Updated: 5:40 pm
A driver and 38 children riding in an Auburn school bus came out unscathed after a collision with a power pole around 3:56 p.m. on Wednesday.
The kindergarten to 5th grade-aged kids were on their way home from Arthur Jacobsen Elementary in Auburn when the bus took a detour.
Their parents were asked not to come to the scene, where Valley Regional Fire Authority, Kent Fire RFA and the Auburn Police Department responded to the incident.
Police closed 132nd Ave SE in both directions in front of Auburn Mountainview High School as crews worked to insure the kids’ safety and handle the power lines.
The kids were able to look up and see news helicopters circle above while they patiently waited inside the bus for Puget Sound Energy to “de-energize” the power lines.
When the bus was out of harms way around 5:20 p.m., the driver and the kids got on to a new bus and were taken to their regular bus stops.
