Brunswick Co. school bus scrapes garbage truck

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A Brunswick County school bus was involved in an accident with a garbage truck this morning, according to school district spokeswoman Jessica Swencki.

Swencki said bus 234, which takes students to West Brunswick High School and Shallotte Middle School, scraped the side of a garbage truck while passing it around 7:40 a.m. Fifteen students were on board, but Swencki said no one was hurt, and there was no broken glass.  Swencki said it happened in Lake Tree Shores, which is a subdivision between Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach.

Swencki said officials were waiting on Highway Patrol to arrive at the scene to investigate the collision. Then, she said, students were taken to school.