Teen charged after head-on car crash with school bus in Mass. town
The crash happened in the 1300 block of Lancaster Avenue when the sedan the teen was driving drifted into the opposite lane, Lunenburg police wrote in a Facebook post. Speed was not a factor, but the sedan driver admitted to being distracted by their cell phone.
There were 20 people on the school bus — including students — at the time of the crash, but neither the people on the bus nor the sedan driver were injured in the crash, police said. The school district arranged a second bus to take the students to school following the crash.
Officers determined that the 18-year-old was driving negligently, police said. As a result, they were criminally charged.
'Sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for 5 seconds. At 55 mph, that's like driving the length of an entire football field with your eyes closed,' police wrote in the Facebook post. 'You cannot drive safely unless the task of driving has your full attention. Any non-driving activity you engage in is a potential distraction and increases your risk of crashing.'
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