School bus nearly plunges from 50 ft. drop-off

PIKE CREEK, Del. - October 27, 2011

It happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. in the 300 block of Mockingbird Hill Road.

According to police, the bus driver was attempting a turn when the bus got stuck on the lawn of a home and slid about 100 feet down a steep driveway.

The driver managed to bring the sliding bus under control at the end of the driveway, just short of an approximately 50 foot drop-off.

The incident also took down telephone and cable wires.

The driver and all 13 students were uninjured.

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