Minor injuries after car hits bus

A school bus and a SUV collided at Maple Avenue and North Sixth Street in Bethpage Tuesday morning injuring one child on the bus and causing the SUV to overturn. (Sept. 20, 2011) Credit: Kevin Imm
A school bus carrying one child was hit by a sport utility vehicle in Bethpage on Tuesday morning, Nassau County police said.
The accident at Maple Avenue and North Sixth Street happened at 7:03 a.m. and caused the SUV to overturn, police said.
The student and driver on the bus were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries and released, said a spokeswoman from the bus company, First Student Bus Co. in Hicksville.
Police had no other information, including the condition of the SUV driver.

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