SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTS 2007

Girl, 12, Run Over by Her School Bus
April 3, 2007

A 12-year-old girl was run over by her school bus Tuesday morning near Fremont.

Patricia Tink was flown to Parkview Hospital with injuries to her abdomen and pelvis, according to the Steuben County Sheriff’s Department.

A hospital spokeswoman could not provide any information Tuesday morning.

According to police, the school bus stopped at Steuben County Road 925 East, north of Indiana 120, to pick up Tink and her younger sister just before 7 a.m.

Tink’s sister, who was on the bus at the time of the accident, told bus driver, Carolee Boes, 44, of Fremont, that the 12-year-old was not going to school, police said.

The bus driver didn’t see Tink and started driving down the road.

The girl hit the side of the school bus, falling underneath and was run over by the wheels on the bus driver’s side, according to the sheriff’s department.

By Kara Lopp
The Journal Gazette

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