3 in hospital, 1 arrested after truck crashes into school bus in Manassas

WASHINGTON — A crash involving a pickup truck and a school bus closed a section of Dumfries Road in Manassas, Virginia, for a couple of hours on Monday morning.

No children were aboard the school bus, which was stopped at a traffic light when it was hit by the pickup truck, Prince William County police said.

It happened just before 8 a.m. near the intersection of Dumfries Road and Purcell Drive. The road reopened around 10:30 a.m.

Three people were taken to this hospital with minor injuries and the driver of the truck was arrested.

The investigation is ongoing.

Below is a map of the area where the crash happened.

Joslyn Chesson

Joslyn Chesson is a producer at WTOP. She was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia and graduated in May 2017 from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where she studied Media Studies and Spanish Language.

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