MOORE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A school bus was involved in a crash with a truck on Wednesday afternoon in Moore County.

It happened about 4:10 p.m. at Vass Carthage Road at Lees Branch Drive, near Whispering Pines.

Bus 301 was heading west on Vass-Carthage Road when a truck pulling a trailer with a tractor coming from the other way lost control.

The truck ran off the right side of the road and overcorrected, causing the trailer to fishtail. The truck then crossed the center line, struck the bus, and flipped over on the roadway.

The bus, which was carrying 20 students from Union Pines High School, went off the right side of the road and came to rest in a ditch.

There were no major injuries, but four students were taken to Moore County Regional Hospital by ambulance.

Several other stud

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