Cleveland woman charged in wreck with school bus

CLEVELAND - The Georgia State Patrol reports the driver whose car struck a school bus in White County Thursday morning ran a red light. 

Trooper Atwood said 59-year-old Janice Stewart of Cleveland was cited for running the red light on Georgia Highway 115 at Duncan Bridge Road. 

Stewart's 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser was traveling east toward Habersham County on Highway 115 and struck the passenger side of a 1996 Bluebird school bus. 

That bus, owned by the White County Board of Education and driven by 68-year-old Charles Newberry of Cornelia, was traveling south on Duncan Bridge Road toward Habersham County. 

Stewart, who suffered a neck injury according to Atwood, was trapped in her car and had to be cut free by White County Fire Services personnel. She was taken by ambulance for treatment. 

Newberry also suffered a neck injury and was taken by ambulance to Northeast Georgia Medical Center for treatment. 

Cleveland Fire Department also responded to assist. 

The wreck happened about 8:30 Thursday morning and blocked the southbound lane of Duncan Bridge Road for more than an hour.

No students were on the bus at the time of the wreck.

A White County school bus was damaged after being struck in the passenger side by a car Thursday morning.

The driver of a Chrysler PT Cruiser was trapped and injured when the car struck a White County school bus at the intersection of Georgia Highway 115 and Duncan Bridge Road Thursday morning.

The driver of a White County school bus and the driver of a Chrysler PT Cruiser were hurt when the car struck the bus at the intersection of Duncan Bridge Road and Georgia Highway 115 Thursday morning.

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