BISHOPVILLE, S.C. — Minor injuries are being reported after a Lee County school bus collided with a gas tanker in Bishopville Thursday afternoon.

Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon said the accident happened just before 4 p.m. in front of the Pilot gas station located in the 1300 block of Highway 15 in Bishopville.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol said 33 students and one driver were aboard the bus. Of that number, nine were taken to the hospital for treatment. Several were transported to a local hospital to be checked out, according to Simon, who said all injuries were minor. Students were reunited with parents at Lee Central High School and a hospital in Hartsville.

Trooper William Bennett with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the bus was traveling south on Highway 15 while the ta

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