State troopers charged a Demorest teenager with following too closely after she rear-ended a school bus.
17-year-old Lydia Rogers suffered minor injuries in the wreck on the evening of April 25 on Historic US 441 in Clarkesville.
According to the Georgia State Patrol report, Rogers was driving a Dodge Caravan south behind a Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School bus around 7 p.m. Tuesday. When the bus stopped in the southbound lane, waiting to turn left into a private drive, the van hit it.
The impact caused significant damage to the van and also damaged the rear of the bus.
The school bus had three students on board at the time of the accident. They were not injured.
The school bus driver, 57-year-old Lisa Kilby of Rabun Gap, also escaped the accident unharmed.
Habersham EMS transported Rogers by ambulance to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville for treatment of her injuries.
Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa investigated the crash. Traffic near the accident site was temporarily detoured as law enforcement investigated and crews cleared the scene.
