UPDATE 6:50 P.M. – MSHP Troop D released more information about the Willard school bus crash this evening. They said that three vehicles were involved in the crash.
An SUV was pulling out of Dollar General and hit the school bus that was traveling west, causing the school bus to hit a pickup truck that was traveling east and then collide with a power pole.
The driver of the SUV was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. MSHP is investigating to find out if the SUV driver was impaired or not. The school bus driver was sent to a hospital with minor-moderate injuries, and the pickup driver was pronounced dead.
Sgt. Sam Carpenter with Troop D confirmed that the driver of the truck was a 17-year-old girl.
The power pole that was damaged was fixed by City Utilities of Springfield and is now once again functional.
WILLARD, Mo. – A Willard school bus crash near Elwood has sent the bus driver to the hospital via ambulance Thursday evening.
Willard Public Schools released Thursday evening, December 7, that a Willard school bus had crashed while no students were on board on Highway 266.
Highway 266 is closed between MO A and MO AB while the crash is cleared, according to OzarksTraffic. Emergency responders at the scene said that they are working to repair downed power lines at the scene of the crash.
OzarksFirst has a crew on the way to the scene and will update this story as more details become available.
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