A slick south suburban road is being blame for a crash that left a school bus on its side in a ditch Wednesday morning in Monee, officials said.
Neither the bus driver nor the only passenger, a 12-year-old girl, were injured.
The weather-related accident happened about 7:15 a.m. at Harlem Avenue about one-quarter mile north of Dralle Road in Monee, said Monee Fire Protection District Lt. Kathy Meier..
The driver of the Illinois Central school bus told Will County Sheriff's police that the rear wheels of the bus went off the right side of the road and he lost control and the bus went into a ditch, sheriff's office spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer said. The bus went onto its side and swiped a tree before coming to rest, she said.
The driver and the 12-year-old student, from Crete School District 201U, were treated at the scene, Hoffmeyer said. Neither had to be hospitalized and the girl's mother came to the scene to get her.
The assistant dean of the school also went to the scene, Hoffmeyer said.
The bus driver was not issued any citations, Hoffmeyer said. Meier said roads in the area were slick following Tuesday's snowfall. The bus was later towed away.
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Mayor Emanuel will celebrate two years in office by unveiling "Elevate Chicago" on Thursday, a series of construction projects to improve Navy Pier and McCormick Place.
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Just as Oscar host Seth MacFarlane set his sights on a variety of targets with a mixture of hits and misses, the motion picture academy spread the gold around to a varied slate of films.
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Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of Moore, Okla. for survivors of a tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children.
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Every time a tornado makes news, the local public cannot help but think about what happened in this area, back in 1967. A destructive storm system hit the southwest suburbs 46 years ago.
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Police are asking for help to identify the body of woman or teen girl found strangled and badly burned in a Northwest Side Avondale neighborhood Dumpster Sunday night.
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A Merrillville police officer shot a man Monday afternoon when the two got into a fight in the parking lot of the Merrillville Planned Parenthood office.
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