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No serious injuries after school bus and dump truck collide on Indy's southwest side

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Posted at 1:51 PM, May 14, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-15 00:01:30-04

INDIANAPOLIS — A bus full of sixth graders from Decatur Township collided with a dump truck on Indianapolis' southwest side Tuesday afternoon.

Decatur Township Schools spokesperson Tony Burchett said the students were on their way back to school after a field trip when the accident happened near the intersection of Southport Road and Mann road just after 1 p.m.

Burchett said no one on the school bus was seriously injured in the crash but 10-15 students are being checked out as a precaution. The condition of the dump truck driver is not known at this time.

This is a developing story and will be updated with more information when it becomes available.