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Driver hits Durham bus; no students injured

A young driver sideswiped a bus carrying students from Durham's City of Medicine Academy Monday, but no serious injuries resulted.

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DURHAM, N.C. — A Durham school bus hit a car Monday afternoon, but no serious injuries resulted. 

According to the State Highway Patrol, Norman Epps was driving the bus carrying students from Durham's City of Medicine Academy. He made a left from Breedlove Avenue onto Wake Forest Highway into the path of a westbound car. The car clipped the front, left corner of the bus, and the driver of the car was taken to a hospital for evaluation.

Epps, 60, was charged with failing to yield. 

Troopers said the crash was not related to wet weather on the road Monday.

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