FNN Article Update © Friday, March 27, 2026. (Other images appear below).
DUNCAN TOWNSHIP, PA – An accident involving a car and a Wellsboro Area School District school bus was reported just before 4:00 PM Friday afternoon, March 27, 2026.
Ducky Brown came across the crash just after 3:30 PM and was the first to stop and assist. Brown checked over each student and also helped get all the students off the bus.
Meanwhile fire and EMS units from Morris, Wellsboro, Middlebury, and Blossburg were dispatched to the 2200 block of Antrim Road in Duncan Township.
Fire personnel arrived on scene around 3:54 PM. Fire and EMS units started arriving on scene a short time later.
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The accident caused the closure of Antrim Road (Route 3009) between Swede Hill Road in Duncan Township and Sweet Briar Road in Charleston Township. A detour was set up using Swede Hill Road and Sweet Briar Road.
Morris command issued a recall of responding fire apparatus from Blossburg and Middlebury with the exception of Morris and Wellsboro fire crews at 3:56 PM.
Numerous ambulances did report to the scene due to the number of possible injuries.
Early reports indicated that a car struck the school bus. However, according to Morris Fire Chief Dean Kreger, the car driver simply crowded the bus off the road. Due to the car driver’s actions, the bus driver ended up going off the side of the roadway and into a small ditch which caused the bus to tilt slightly onto its side up against the embankment. The car driver continued on their way.
Pennsylvania State Police arrived at the accident site around 4:06 PM and members of the school district arrived on scene around 4:10 PM. State Police are handling the investigation into this incident.
Parents of the students involved in the crash were believed to have been notified by the school district, but two parents told FNN they were not notified by the school district about the accident.
Ambulances transported seven students to UPMC Wellsboro Hospital for further evaluations as a precaution. None were actually injured in the incident. The bus driver was also not injured.
FEMA was notified of the incident and a number of emergency vehicles were still on scene at 4:45 PM. However, By 4:50 PM some fire units were released to return to their stations.
A parent confirmed that the bus involved was bus #287 of the Wellsboro Area School District.
The remaining Morris and Wellsboro fire crews were cleared to return to their stations around 5:30 PM.
The bus did not suffer any serious damage, only a scratch on the side, FNN was told. White’s Towing assisted in getting the bus out of the ditch and back onto the road.
The Wellsboro Area School District expressed their thanks in a post to EMS, first responders, UPMC Wellsboro, and police for their prompt and efficient response when their bus went into a ditch Friday afternoon. The district’s post continued with noting there were no serious injuries.
“We are grateful to live and work in a great and supportive community,” the post concluded.
