School bus driver crashes into Voorhees church

A school bus driver crashed into a church in Voorhees on Wednesday afternoon, causing severe damage to the building, police said.

Clifford Miller, 72, of Lawnside, fell asleep while driving the otherwise empty bus on Evesham Road around 4 p.m., Voorhees police said.

The bus drifted off the road, struck a vehicle that was stopped at a stop sign, spun around, then drove over the lawn of the New Horizons Community Church and crashed into a wall.

Miller was taken to Virtua West Jersey Hospital Voorhees with minor injuries. The church was declared temporarily unsafe pending a full inspection. - Allison Steele