School Bus Rams Through Front Of Suburban Philadelphia Home

Shown is a school bus that crashed into a home Tuesday morning, March 24, 2015, in Blue Bell, Pa. Officials say nine students from St. Helena School were aboard, but none were injured, when the bus slammed into the s... Shown is a school bus that crashed into a home Tuesday morning, March 24, 2015, in Blue Bell, Pa. Officials say nine students from St. Helena School were aboard, but none were injured, when the bus slammed into the suburban Philadelphia home around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. Officials say the bus driver was taken to Abington Hospital. A person inside the home was not injured. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) MORE LESS
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BLUE BELL, Pa. (AP) — A school bus has slammed through the front of a home in suburban Philadelphia, with the back end of the vehicle sticking out of the living room area.

Officials say nine students from St. Helena School were aboard when the bus crashed Tuesday morning in Blue Bell in Whitpain Township.

Township officials say the driver of the Wissahickon School District bus was taken to a hospital. A resident of the home wasn’t hurt.

Whitpain police are investigating the cause of the crash.

St. Helena School is a Catholic school in Blue Bell serving students from prekindergarten through eighth grades.

The school’s phones had a busy signal Tuesday morning. The principal didn’t immediately return an email message.

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