03/19/2024
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A Bladen County Schools’ bus crashed in White Oak on Thursday morning sending the driver to the hospital.  The driver of the bus was cited in the crash. The crash happened at about 6:19 a.m. on Gum Spring Road, according to North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper G. White.

According to Trooper White, the driver of the bus Gennetta McGeachey of St. Pauls, was driving her bus north along Gum Springs when she ran off the road to the left and went into a ditch. The bus crossed the ditch into a “cut down” where it came to rest. Trooper White said the bus did not overturn during the crash and no students were on board. McGeachey was charged with driving left of center, said Trooper White.

Bladen County Schools Public Relations Director Valerie Newton said McGeachey was treated for minor injuries and released from Bladen County Hospital.

“We do have a driver who ran off the road into a ditch. No students were on the bus,” said Newton.

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