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A school bus carrying 40 passengers was on the way to the State Fair of Virginia on Oct. 2 when a distracted driver sideswiped it, causing the bus to veer off the road and into trees

The driver told investigators that he had been “distracted while attempting to change songs on his phone"

The distracted driver was transported to the hospital with "serious" injuries, and the bus driver, one chaperone and at least two students were also hospitalized

A driver tried to change songs while driving and crashed into a school bus as a result.

On Thursday, Oct. 2, at 10:51 a.m. local time, a school bus with Rockingham County Public Schools was traveling east on Jefferson Highway in Louisa County, Va., when a distracted driver sideswiped the vehicle with their car, according to Virgi

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