Local

Students and driver safe after school bus drives off roadway in Pierce County

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Two students and a bus driver are safe after leaving the roadway and striking a fence and two parked cars in Pierce County Friday morning.

“The driver stated a large black animal ran out in front of the bus as they were traveling eastbound on SR 302 approaching Goldman Drive,” Trooper Johnna Batiste said in a tweet just after 8:00 a.m.

SR 302 near Goldman Drive is about seven miles northwest of Gig Harbor, Wash.

KIRO 7 will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.

More news from KIRO 7

DOWNLOAD OUR FREE NEWS APP