KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A crash Thursday afternoon between a vehicle and a Kelseyville Unified School District school bus resulted in minor injuries to two students.

The crash was reported shortly after 2:30 p.m. Thursday on Kelsey Creek Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The CHP said the school bus driver was not at fault, said Kyle Reams, Kelseyville Unified's director of maintenance and transportation.

“It was a bad situation but the transportation staff did a fantastic job in dealing with it,” said Reams.

Two students sustained minor injuries in the collision, and were treated by emergency personnel, Reams said.

The bus driver, who was shaken by the experience, was uninjured, he added.

Reams said the bus, which the school bus driver was able to drive back to the bus barn from the crash site, also sustained damage, and would be taken out of service until it could be repaired and a mechanic could perform a service check to ensure it was back in perfect running order.

Late Thursday afternoon CHP officers were still on scene and so hadn't been able to produce a full report. Reams said early Thursday evening that he didn't yet have all the information from the CHP on what led to the crash.

The initial CHP reports from the scene indicated the driver of the vehicle that hit the bus was taken to Sutter Lakeside Hospital for a blood draw, raising concerns that alcohol may have been involved.

Reams said that all buses would be running on Friday morning, although the numbers would be different since the damaged bus was taken temporarily out of service.

He said the district also would contact parents on Friday to update them on the incident.

Kelseyville Unified Superintendent Dave McQueen also credited the bus driver with doing “an awesome job.”

He said the situation turned out “pretty good for as bad as it could have been,” adding that he was thankful that everyone was OK.

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