PINECREST, FLA. (WSVN) - A Miami-Dade County school bus smashed into a utility pole after the driver crashed into a car, Thursday morning.
Fire rescue responded to the scene at Southwest 88th Street and South Dixie Highway.
According to Pinecrest Police, a Honda with visible damage collided with the bus, which led the driver to eventually collide with the utility pole. There were no students on the bus at the time, but the bus driver was checked out on the scene.
No one needed to be transported to the hospital.
7Skyforce captured the severity of the collision from above. The windshield and the side door of the bus were seen completely smashed in.
Miami-Dade Police and Pinecrest PD assisted in directing traffic after the collision, which caused several outages to traffic lights.
7News captured the bus driver getting picked up from the scene, she did not speak to our reporters.
Florida Power & Light and AT&T secured the power lines in order to safely remove the bus from the scene.
“Vehicles can be fixed, power can be put back on, but thank God no lives were lost here,” said Pinecrest Police Chief Jason Cohen.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
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