Crime & Safety

6 Injured In School Bus And MCTS Bus Crash

A bus driver and five passengers were taken to a local hospital after a school bus and a county bus collided and struck a library.

MILWAUKEE, WI — Six people were hospitalized Friday morning after a school bus and a MCTS Blue Line bus collided and struck a city library, Milwaukee County Transit System spokesperson Kristina Hoffman told Patch.

Six people, including the driver of the MCTS bus, were taken to a local hospital for evaluation at around 6 a.m., and Hoffman said the two buses collided near W. Fond Du Lac Avenue and W. Center Street.

Reporter photos show the front of the school bus smashed into the wall of the Milwaukee Public Library Center Street Branch.

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