RILEY COUNTY—Three drivers and students on a school bus avoided injury in an accident just after 3:30p.m. Wednesday in Riley County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Freightliner semi driven by Scott Alan Sheely, 61, Clyde, was westbound on U.S. 77 just west of Crooked Creek Road.
The semi rear-ended a 2012 Buick Regal driven by Merlin Benson Chestnut, 69, Clay Center, who braked suddenly when he noticed the red stop sign activated on a school bus stopped on the south shoulder to let kids out at a home.
After impact the Buick struck the bus driven by Robert Deemie, 69, of Manhattan, with 26-students on board. There were no injuries reported. All three drivers were properly restrained, according to the KHP.