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. (more…)

PORT ST. LUCIE — Two school bus drivers reported someone throwing a baseball at their vehicles on Thursday afternoon.

One driver told police she was driving south on Northwest Selvitz Road when a gray vehicle heading north approached her bus and a passenger threw a baseball at it. The ball hit the bus’s side window, shattering it, according to a police report. The bus was occupied but no one was hurt.

Earlier that day another driver reported a similar incident as traveled along Bayshore Boulevard. The bus wasn’t damaged. The same vehicle and suspects were involved in that incident, police said.

Police found the baseball in the second incident. They were not able to collect any fingerprints from the ball.