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Bus driver called heroine
Ness County bus accident
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NESS COUNTY — A Western Plains bus driver certified as a EMT is being hailed as a heroine following a bus accident in northern Ness County Friday morning.Two people were airlifted to Wichita and more than a dozen Western Plains students and adults were transported to Ness County Hospital and Grisell Memorial Hospital in Ransom after an early-morning traffic accident.Kansas Highway patrol spokesman Mark Engholm reported a Western Plains USD 106 school bus collided with an SUV driven by Ransom’s Lynn Sargent, 49, at the intersection of Union Road and County Road 240 in Ness County. The bus rolled over, injuring 14, including 12 students on the bus. He said the driver of the SUV was reported in critical condition.Two injured people were transported to Hays and Dodge City, and subsequently airlifted to Wichita, according to hospital officials.Roger Stumpf, Western Plains USD 106 superintendent, said the quick response by bus driver Jackie Casey of McCracken helped calm students in an emergency situation.