9 hurt after Montgomery Co. school bus and trash truck collide

Multiple students were hurt when a bus collided with a trash truck Monday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy NBC4/Adam Tuss)
Multiple students were hurt when a bus collided with a trash truck Monday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy NBC Washington/Adam Tuss)
Officials respond to the scene where a bus collided with a trash truck Monday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy NBC4/Adam Tuss)
Officials respond to the scene where a bus collided with a trash truck Monday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy NBC Washington/Adam Tuss)
Officials respond to the scene where a bus collided with a trash truck Monday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy NBC4/Adam Tuss)
Officials respond to the scene where a bus collided with a trash truck Monday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy NBC Washington/Adam Tuss)
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Multiple students were hurt when a bus collided with a trash truck Monday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy NBC4/Adam Tuss)
Officials respond to the scene where a bus collided with a trash truck Monday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy NBC4/Adam Tuss)
Officials respond to the scene where a bus collided with a trash truck Monday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy NBC4/Adam Tuss)

WASHINGTON — A bus driver and eight students were hurt when a Montgomery County, Maryland, school bus and a trash truck collided Monday morning, police said.

The students and driver were transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Authorities responded to the collision just before 8 a.m. in the 2400 block of Norbeck Road in Aspen Hill.

The bus was headed to Farquhar Middle School in Olney, according to police.

As a result of the collision, Norbeck was closed between Layhill Road to the east and Barn Ridge Drive to the west until shortly after 10 a.m.

A map of the area where the collision happened is below.

Will Vitka

William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.

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