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School bus hits car; eight students on board OK

Eight children were sent to a hospital after a school bus rear-ended a parked car Monday morning in the city's Overbrook section, officials said. The children were examined for minor injuries at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said school district spokesman Fernando Gallard. There were 15 students on the bus who were being taken to four private schools when the accident occurred around 7:30 a.m. at 63d Street and Lebanon Avenue. The bus was operated by Atlantic Express. The cause of the crash is under investigation. - Robert Moran

Eight children were sent to a hospital after a school bus rear-ended a parked car Monday morning in the city's Overbrook section, officials said. The children were examined for minor injuries at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said school district spokesman Fernando Gallard. There were 15 students on the bus who were being taken to four private schools when the accident occurred around 7:30 a.m. at 63d Street and Lebanon Avenue. The bus was operated by Atlantic Express. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

- Robert Moran