School bus crash hurts four

Two Shelton High School students, both 15, suffered injuries and were taken to Mason General after a SHS bus crashed into a vehicle on state Route 3 on March 13, according to the Washington State Patrol.

The bus, carrying 29 teenagers, was northbound on Route 3, just north of Johns Prairie Road around 3 p.m. when it “failed to yield,” striking a Nissan Leaf turning left, according to a WSP news release. The car then struck an oncoming GMC Sierra truck.

The bus and car blocked both lanes and the truck went into the northbound ditch.

“The school bus rear-ended a vehicle which pushed it into oncoming traffic and struck another vehicle,” WSP Trooper Katherine Weatherwax posted on X.

Both vehicles were totaled.

The driver of the car, Shelton resident Jack Smith, 39, and the driver of the truck, Shelton resident Danny Dickinson, 63, were injured and taken to Mason General.

The bus driver, Shelton resident Steve Cook, 58, was not injured.

No drugs or alcohol were involved, according to WSP and the accident is under investigation at the Journal’s press time.