Car collides with elementary bus

By David Gomez

No serious injuries were reported following a two-vehicle collision involving a school bus early Thursday morning in Malta.

DeKalb County Sheriff’s police said a 1993 Buick struck the side of a southbound Wright Elementary school bus carrying 19 students at the intersection of Patterson Street and Third Street.

There were no serious injuries, Sheriff Roger Scott said.

The driver, Anna Ulery, 83, of Malta, told police she looked but did not see the bus as she started into the intersection.

Police cited Ulery for failure to yield at an intersection.

Ulery and the students were taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 626 Bethany Road, to be checked for their injuries.

Although some students complained of having hit their head, there were no visible signs of injury and the children were released to their parents after being checked out at the hospital, said Jed Dunbar, assistant superintendent for human resources at the DeKalb Education Center.

Most students returned to school later that day, Dunbar said.