Crime & Safety
Drivers Identified in Lehigh Christian Academy Bus Crash
Four Lehigh Valley Christian Academy students on a Parkland School bus and two drivers were uninjured after the Thursday morning crash on S. Cedar Crest Blvd.
South Whitehall police identified the drivers of the car and school bus carrying students involved in in the 200 block of S. Cedar Crest Blvd., near Cedar Crest College.
Scott Michael Haas, of 3828 Maple Tree Lane, Slatington, was the driver of a white Audi A4 that was northbound on Cedar Crest Blvd., police said.
William D. Bartholomew, of 9753 Bartholomew Lane, Breinigsville, was the driver of the Parkland school bus that was carrying four students to Lehigh Valley Christian Academy in Salisbury Township, police said.
The drivers and the students were taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. No one was seriously injured, officials said.
Police said Haas was traveling north on Cedar Crest Blvd. and, for a yet-to-be-determined reason, crossed into the southbound lane. The car struck the school bus, which was traveling south on Cedar Crest Blvd. The bus landed on its side.
Parkland School District officials said the students were examined by medical practioners and released to their parents, while the bus driver was undergoing tests. Information on the driver of the car was not immediately available.
The portion of S. Cedar Crest Blvd. where the accident occurred was re-opened about 9:45 a.m., after being closed for one and a half hours.
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