THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, February 1, 1995            TAG: 9502010425
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   37 lines

HANDICAPPED-STUDENT BUS INVOLVED IN CRASH 2 STUDENTS ARE UNINJURED IN COLLISION WITH CAR AT BEACH

The driver of a public school bus carrying two handicapped students was injured slightly in a crash Tuesday, police said.

Police spokesman Lou Thurston said a car driven by Jeanine Byers, 29, of the 2200 block of Willow Oaks Circle, pulled out of a parking lot near First Colonial and Great Neck roads and into the path of the bus shortly before 8 a.m.

The bus driver, identified as Arlene Robinson, 33, of the 1200 block of Carver Ave., tried to avoid the collision but couldn't, Thurston said.

The bus struck the car and Robinson lost control. The bus then left the road and rolled through a fence and into bushes, Thurston said.

Both drivers were taken to Virginia Beach General Hospital for minor neck and back pains, Thurston said.

The children, properly secured in restraints, were not injured, Thurston said. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

GARY C. KNAPP

Police say this school bus was involved in a collision with a car

that pulled out of a parking lot near First Colonial and Great Neck

roads and into the path of the bus about 8 a.m. Tuesday. The drivers

of the vehicles were hurt; the children were not.

KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT TRAFFIC INJURIES by CNB