A student broadsided a First Transit bus carrying 10 students Tuesday morning.
The student, driving a Mazda Tribute SUV, was at the traffic light on Burbank Drive turning onto Nicholson Drive, said LSU Police Department Det. Jason Bettencourtt. She drove forward into the driver’s side of the bus, and her car was pushed into the grassy ditch alongside Nicholson.
Bettencourtt said the student was on her cell phone and did not see the bus.
He said no one was hurt.
First Transit General Manager William Waters said the bus will be placed in a body shop on Wednesday. It will cost $5,000 to $6,000 to repair.
Waters said First Transit will take care of the bus first, then file a claim to have the student’s insurance pay for the damage.
Waters said there have been four crashes involving buses since last April, but this crash caused the most damage.
“I’m just glad nobody was hurt,” he said.
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