PICKENS COUNTY, Ala. — The driver of a Pickens County school bus that crashed into a SUV Friday has died.
Sharon Hood died Saturday from injuries received during the accident, according to school officials.
“It is with a heavy heart that the Pickens County Board of Education and its superintendent announce the loss of one of our veteran bus drivers, Mrs. Sharon Hood, as a result of a motor vehicle accident (Friday),” Superintendent Jamie Chapman said in a statement Saturday.
No students were killed in the incident, but authorities said they are treating injuries with varying degrees of severity.
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency spokesperson Reginal King told Fox WBRC the accident was near Ethelsville on CR 30 and CR 35. There were 14 children who attend Reform Elementary School and Pickens County High School on the bus. The driver was the sole occupant of the SUV.
Emergency responders from Alabama and eastern Mississippi responded to the scene. Some victims were treated for injuries in Columbus. A spokesperson with Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle could not be reached for comment Saturday.
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