UPDATE: Vehicle Driver Charged With School Bus Accident

Update: Monday, Dec. 9, 4:30 p.m.

A Gwinnett school bus driver was slightly injured when a Cadillac SRX, driven by a Peachtree Corners man, rear-ended the bus she was driving Monday morning. 

The school bus received only slight damage to the back bumper, but the driver, who complained of neck and back pain, was taken to Gwinnett Medical Center in Duluth.

The student on the bus, a 5-year-old Peachtree Elementary student, was uninjured.

The driver of the Cadillac, who admitted to police that he was not paying attention when he hit the bus, was found at fault for the accident and was issued a citation.

His vehicle received extensive damage to the entire front of the car and was removed by a wrecker service. He was uninjured in the accident.

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Monday started off with an accident for one Peachtree Elementary School student and bus driver. 

A school bus was rear ended around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Medlock Bridge Road and North Hampton Ridge reported Jorge Quintana, spokesperson for Gwinnett County Public Schools.

Only one student was riding the school bus at the time and has been transported by another bus to Peachtree Elementary School. The student was not injured.

Quintana said the school bus driver had minor injuries. No other details are available at this time. Patch will follow up as more information becomes available.

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