Two-vehicle accident involving a pedestrian and school bus in Paulding County.

The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle injury crash involving a pedestrian and a school bus. The crash occurred Monday morning at 7:33am, on County Road 209 near Township Road 184 in Auglaize Township in Paulding County.
The preliminary investigation revealed a Paulding Exempted Village School bus was stopped in the southbound lane with its red lights flashing while picking up students. A vehicle, operated by 26 year old Jennifer Burgei, of Cloverdale, failed to yield to the stopped school bus and struck a student crossing the roadway. The vehicle then struck the school bus, before driving off the left side of the roadway.
Burgei, a juvenile student who was crossing the roadway and two students on the school bus all sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were transported by ground ambulance to ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital.
The crash remains under investigation.