A crash involving a parked school bus waiting to pick up Northeast Jones High School students at the high school and a passenger car has resulted in the passenger car driver being transported by ambulance to South Central Regional Medical Center.
Jones County Sheriff's Department deputies were dispatched at 1:36 p.m. on Wednesday and arrived to find a Nissan Versa had struck the parked bus from behind.
The adult male passenger car driver apparently suffered a medical emergency while driving, sideswiped a passenger car in the student pick up line, and then hit the school bus. The passenger car driver was transported by EMServ to SCRMC for treatment. No students, teachers, staff members, school bus driver, or occupants in the passenger car which was sideswiped reported any injuries.
Jones County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Brennon Chancellor notes "Fortunately no one was struck by the passenger car as it traveled into the student pick up line and the school bus loading zone. As evident in the crash photos, this crash had high potential to injure a number of students, teachers, staff, and civilians who were getting ready to load and board the school buses and pick up students."
Update: No students were on the school bus at the time of the incident.