Crime & Safety

School Bus Catches Fire After Crash on Ogden Avenue

The bus was evacuated before it caught fire, police say.

Western Springs police were called to a school bus on fire at 3:47 p.m. Nov. 24 at Ogden Avenue near Howard Avenue.

Four Nazareth Academy students were on the bus when it rear-ended another car, according to Western Springs police, but the bus had been evacuated before it caught fire.

There were no injuries reported.

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The Western Springs Fire Department extinguished the fire, and Ogden Avenue was closed from Johnson Avenue to Ellington Avenue for about an hour, police said.

The crash is still under investigation.

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