AMHERST, N.Y. — Part of Hopkins Road in Amherst was closed Tuesday morning following a crash involving a Williamsville district school bus.
According to the Amherst Police Department, Hopkins Road was closed just before 10 a.m. between Dodge Road and West Klein. The road was reopened just after 12:20 p.m.
According to Getzville Fire Chief Chris Kaplewicz, a vehicle was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of Hopkins Road when it hit the school bus. Kaplewicz told 2 On Your Side's Claudine Ewing that no students were on the bus at the time of the crash, only the bus driver and an aide.
Firefighters from the Getzville Fire Department and the Williamsville Fire Department were called to the scene to help extricate one person from the bus, as well as the driver of a minivan. The bus driver, aide, and driver of the minivan were all taken to ECMC by ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries.
The exact cause of the accident is under investigation.