Overview
- The Marion County school bus, which stopped to pick up Belleview High students Monday just before 8:30 a.m. near Southeast 145th Street and Southeast 38th Terrace, was rear-ended by a pickup that then drove off.
- The bus carried 54 students, and EMS checked everyone at the scene before several were taken to local hospitals for minor scrapes and bruises.
- Officials gave different counts for hospitalizations, with the Florida Highway Patrol reporting five students and the school district reporting nine.
- FHP says it is looking for a pickup with a white, blue and orange color scheme and asks anyone with information to call *347 or the Ocala Station at 352-512-6634.
- Parents at the stop said the driver should come forward and urged motorists to slow near school buses as classes and pickups resumed Tuesday.