FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — One person is dead after a crash involving a school bus in Franklin Township.
Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed troopers responded to a crash on SR 222 at around 3:30 p.m. Thursday. A preliminary investigation found 61-year-old Sherri L. Cramer of Bethel was driving northwest when she failed to negotiate a curve and traveled across the center line. Her 2000 GMC Sierra hit an Integrated Coach School Bus before traveling off the road and hitting a guardrail.
Cramer was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials said Cramer was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
The school bus also traveled off the road, hitting a traffic sign. The bus driver, 60-year-old Donna Ames of Milford, was taken to the hospital by Air Care. OSHP said Ames had serious injuries. There were no children on the bus.
Fire and EMS crews from Felicity-Franklin and Washington Township both assisted at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation by OSHP's Batavia Post.
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