Monday 30 September 2013

Paxton school bus driver ticketed in crash with semi

No one was injured when a Paxton-Buckley-Loda school bus pulled out in front of a semitruck and was rear-ended Thursday morning on Illinois Route 9 in Ford County.

The bus driver, Rodney L. Riblet, 52, of Paxton, was ticketed for failing to yield.

Four students, ages 8 to 16, were on the bus when it made a left turn onto Illinois Route 9 from 2000E Road just before 7 a.m., according to an Illinois State Police press release.

The driver of the Peterbilt semi, John Paul Lofton, 40, of Fennville, Mich., was cited for not having a log book.

The crash was the third time a local school bus has been hit by a vehicle in less than two weeks. Gilman and Herscher school buses were involved in crashes last week.


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