ADA, Okla. (AP) - A school bus driver in southeastern Oklahoma has died after suffering an undisclosed medical event while driving, then crashing the bus into the front porch of a house.
Authorities say there were three or four children and a teaching assistant on the bus at the time of the crash on Wednesday and none were injured.
Ada school Superintendent Mike Anderson told The Ada News that 50-year-old driver Jackie Cooper suffered “a significant medical event while driving” and died at a hospital following the crash.
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Anderson said Cooper had driven for the district for 12 years.
Police say Cooper was able to steer the bus of a city street and away from oncoming traffic before crashing into the porch, where the bus stopped.
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