School Bus in Hit-and-Run Crash

A car plowed into the back of a school bus Monday that carried 24 students and had stopped at 27th Street West and Leonard Reid Avenue in Sarasota.

The Florida Highway Patrol reports that no one was injured in the hit-and-run accident.

School bus driver Lisa Stephens, 48, had stopped on 27th Street West, at the railroad tracks, when the car – which may have been a Chrysler – slammed into the back of the bus. The vehicle then backed up and drove north on Leonard Reid Avenue.

The bus had minor damage to the rear bumper.

The car was described as gold or tan in color.

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