FORT PIERCE — The driver of a school bus involved in a Monday morning crash at 25th Street and Orange Avenue was at fault in the incident that sent a woman and a student to a local hospital, according to the Fort Pierce police.

The St. Lucie County school bus, driven by Maria Rossi, 60, was eastbound on Orange Avenue about 6:45 a.m. as a 1998 Nissan Sentra driven by 55-year-old Claudiette Compere traveled west.

Rossi, of Port St. Lucie, was taking students to Lincoln Park Academy at the time. She allegedly turned left to travel onto northbound 25th Street. She turned into the path of Compere’s Nissan, and the two vehicles collided.

Compere, of Fort Pierce, and a 12-year-old girl on the bus were taken to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute.

The girl, a Port St. Lucie resident, reportedly complained of back pain, while Compere sustained minor injuries.

There were 34 Lincoln Park Academy students on the bus at the time of the crash, which caused a brief closure of the intersection while police investigated.

By Will Greenlee, TCPalm.com

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