Bus With Bagpipers Runs Into Tractor-Trailer

Bagpipers returning from a St. Patrick's Day parade were taken to hospitals after their charter bus crashed into a tractor-trailer, per the AP. No serious injuries were reported. The bus had exited westbound Interstate 84 in northeastern Pennsylvania shortly before 6:30pm Sunday when it ran into the tractor-trailer, which had no one inside it, said Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mike Shaffer, according to WBRE-TV/WYOU-TV. The flatbed truck, hauling steel pipes, was apparently parked when the bus ran into it, per CDLLife, which says the accident happened at a truck stop.

Seventeen people on the bus had minor injuries, according to Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Trooper First Class Robert Urban. The crash was not weather-related and is under investigation, he said. The bus was carrying the Greater Scranton Black Diamonds Pipe Band back from a parade in Milford, according to Bill Hetherson, the band's business manager. The band expects everyone to make a full recovery.

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