JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A bus driver and passenger were hospitalized with serious injuries, and one child suffered minor Injuries after a passenger truck ran a stop sign and crashed into a Jackson County School District 6 school bus at the intersection of Newland Road and Truax Road in rural Central Point on Friday morning.

After receiving an ECSO 911 Dispatch call at 7:11 a.m., Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) deputies responded to the two-vehicle crash with Oregon State Police Troopers and Jackson County Fire District 3 personnel.

According to the preliminary Jackson County Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction (STAR) Team investigation, a Toyota Tundra traveling north on Truax Road ran a stop sign and struck the westbound school bus on Newland Road. Jackson County Roads closed

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