UPDATE: Students Back Home, Driver Cited in Marlington Bus Accident
September 12, 2023 8:46AM EDT
A Marlington Local School District bus flipped onto its side on Columbus Road near Beeson Street NE in Marlboro Township on September 11, 2023. (WHBC News)
MARLBORO TWP., Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – All students aboard a Marlington Local School District bus are back home, says the district.
And the driver has been cited by the State Highway Patrol.
This, following an accident that resulted in the bus crashing onto its side Monday afternoon.
Five of the 19 students aboard the bus were taken to local hospitals with minor injuries.
58-year-old Debra Weisel was cited for ‘failure to control’.
Troopers tell WHBC News that the bus was making a left turn on Columbus Road from Beeson Street NE when it went off the right side of the road.
It ended up in the ditch, flipping onto its side.
Students had just climbed aboard after dismissal from the nearby high school and middle school.
