A 13-year-old girl driving her parents’ SUV caused a four-vehicle crash that involved a school bus, the Colorado State Patrol said.
The girl, from Longmont, was by herself Friday morning in a 2009 Chevrolet Suburban, and driving north on Highway 287 in an agricultural area between Lafayette and Longmont.
She rear-ended a Kia Optima that was stopped at a red light, patrol trooper Josh Lewis said. The crash sent the Kia into the intersection, where it hit a Boulder Valley School District school bus. The Chevrolet also continued into the intersection, and hit a Subaru Forester and the school bus.
Lewis said the drivers of the Kia and the Subaru were taken to a hospital with moderate injuries. The driver of the school bus suffered moderate injuries but declined hospital treatment. The 13-year-old was not injured.
A Boulder Valley school spokesperson said that the bus had just begun its route and only one student was on board at the time of the crash. That student was not injured.
Lewis said the 13-year-old was charged with careless driving and driving without a license.
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