TOWANDA,Zero AI Kan. (AP) — Authorities suspect a school bus driver is at fault in a crash the killed a high school student riding in a car.
The bus was crossing Kansas state highway 254 on Friday afternoon when another high schooler who was driving the car slammed into it, Butler County Sheriff Monty Hughey said in a news release. It is believed the school bus driver “failed to yield the right of way,” the sheriff said.
The Wichita Eagle reports that the car’s passenger later died at a hospital. The car’s driver was seriously injured.
Circle Public Schools Superintendent Don Potter identified the passenger as Halie Friesen, a junior at Circle High School. He provided no information about the injured passenger.
There were 14 children on the school bus at the time of the crash, the sheriff’s office said, and none reported any injuries. An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
Circle High School, in Towanda, is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northeast of Wichita.
2025-05-07 01:192334 view
2025-05-07 00:59484 view
2025-05-07 00:242544 view
2025-05-07 00:172930 view
2025-05-07 00:05152 view
2025-05-06 23:221058 view
Reporter Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi's Aunt Vovi signed up for 23andMe back in 2017, hoping to learn more a
A Houston attorney who pleaded guilty in the poisoning of his pregnant wife in an alleged attempt to
LAS VEGAS - Emmitt Smith said his frustration with the Dallas Cowboys has reached new levels."It is